Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Three Costume Designs for The Nutcracker and Set Design for La Dame aux camélias

Artist's Resale Right

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December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Collection, England

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

1870 - 1960

Three Costume Designs for The Nutcracker and Set Design for La Dame aux camélias

Set design: signed in Latin and dated 1923 l.l., inscribed Dame aux camelias IV l.r.

Costume designs: each titled Casse Noisette, variously inscribed in Latin and numbered, two signed and dated VI 1940

Set design: ink and watercolour heightened with white over pencil on paper

Costume designs: ink and watercolour heightened with white, gold and silver over pencil on paper, one laid on board

Largest sheet: 24.5 by 32cm, 9¾ by 12½in.; smallest sheet: 24 by 15.5cm, 9½ by 6in.

Framed: (i) 39.5 by 73.5cm, 15½ by 29in.; (ii) 42.5 by 52.5cm, 16¾ by 20¾in.

Set design: Sotheby's London, Ballet, Theatre and Opera Decor and Costume Designs, 3 June 1971, lot 52
Costume designs: Sotheby's Belgravia, Costume and Decor Designs, Portraits and Posters for Ballet, Theatre and Opera, 17 November 1971, lot 80
Acquired at the above sales by the present owners