Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Property from a Private Collection, England

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

1870 - 1960

Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d'Or

one signed in Latin and dated 1927 l.m. and inscribed Le Coq d'Or t.r.; the other inscribed with an authentication by Anna Benois-Cherkesova, the artist's daughter on the reverse

watercolour, gouache and ink over pencil on paper

Sheet: each 26 by 18.5cm, 10 ¼ by 7 ¼ in.

Framed: (i) 44.5 by 35cm, 17 ½ by 13 ¾ in.; (ii) 44 by 35.5cm, 17 ¼ by 14 in.

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