ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH BENOIS | The Palace of Monplaisir at Peterhof

估價

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

招標截止

描述

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
The Palace of Monplaisir at Peterhof
signed in Latin l.r.; further signed, titled in Russian and French and dated 1918 on the reverse
watercolour and ink over pencil on paper
17 by 27cm, 6 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.

來源

The family of the artist, Paris

拍品資料及來源

The early 18^th century Palace of Monplaisir was one of Benois' favourite palaces at Peterhof: ‘even as a little boy I had a special tenderness for this spot with its low, small, brick-coloured houses hiding in the shade of lime trees planted by Peter the Great himself' (Alexandre Benois, Memoirs, London, 1988, p.206).