Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from a Private Collection, England
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
Four Costume Designs
Lot Closed
June 8, 03:09 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, England
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
1870 - 1960
Four Costume Designs
each signed in Latin, one with initials, each variously inscribed and dated
watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
Sheet: largest 37.5 by 26cm, 14 ¾ by 10 ¼ in.; smallest 23 by 14.5cm, 9 by 5 ¾ in.
Framed: largest 54.5 by 42cm, 21 ½ by 16 ½ in.; smallest 39.5 by 30cm, 15 ½ by 11 ¾ in.
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Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 7 October 1998, lots 121, 122 and 123
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
The present lot includes two costume designs for Swan Lake dated 1943 and 1945, one design for Sadko from 1930, and one for the 1924 production of Le Médecin malgré lui at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska.