Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

The Great Flood of 1824

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Private Collection, France

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

1870 - 1960

The Great Flood of 1824

signed in Cyrillic l.r.; further signed in Latin, titled, inscribed, numbered 98 and dated 1916 on the reverse of the mount

watercolour and body colour over pencil on paper

Mount: 47 by 59.5cm, 18½ by 23½in.

Framed: 65 by 83.5cm, 25½ by 32¾in.

The Winter Palace Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1986

Inscribed Esquisse du tableau dans la collection de Serge Lifar on the reverse.