Albert Nikolaevich Benois

View of the Neva

Auction Closed

November 30, 02:40 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Monaco

Albert Nikolaevich Benois

1852 - 1936

View of the Neva

signed in Cyrillic, inscribed Obertu and dated 1898 l.r.

watercolour on paper

Sheet: 61 by 40.5cm, 24 by 16in.

Framed: 79 by 58.5cm, 31 by 23in.

Benois dedicated this work to the architect Heinrich Stanislavovich Obert. It is signed by the attendees of his birthday lunch on 15 October 1898.