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Stage design for Giselle: Act I, A rustic village on the Rhine
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Alexandre N. Benois (1870-1960)
Stage design for Giselle: Act I, A rustic village on the Rhine
signed and dated 'Alexandre Benois XII 1948' (lower left); dated again '11 XII 48' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache on paper
18 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (48 x 60 cm.)
Stage design for Giselle: Act I, A rustic village on the Rhine
signed and dated 'Alexandre Benois XII 1948' (lower left); dated again '11 XII 48' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache on paper
18 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (48 x 60 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of J. Carr Doughty.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Diaghilev: An exhibition of costume and set designs chiefly for Diaghilev's Ballets, drawn from the collection of John Carr Doughty, London, 1967.
Exhibited
Plymouth, City Museum & Art Gallery and Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery and elsewhere, Diaghilev: An exhibition of costume and set designs chiefly for Diaghilev's Ballets, drawn from the collection of John Carr Doughty, 1967, no. 7.
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