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Costume design for 'The rich merchant', Petrushka
Details
Alexandre Nikolaievich Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for 'The rich merchant', Petrushka
signed and dated 'Alexandre/Benois/1911' (lower left)
charcoal, brush, black ink and gouache on paper
12 x 9in. (29.2 x 22.9cm.)
and two further costume designs - 'Countess von Tannenbaum' and 'Daughter of M. von Semmel' by the same artist (3)
Costume design for 'The rich merchant', Petrushka
signed and dated 'Alexandre/Benois/1911' (lower left)
charcoal, brush, black ink and gouache on paper
12 x 9in. (29.2 x 22.9cm.)
and two further costume designs - 'Countess von Tannenbaum' and 'Daughter of M. von Semmel' by the same artist (3)
Provenance
John Carr Doughty Esq
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Sale room notice
The artist has pre-dated the work illustrated 1911, but it was executed at a later date.