.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
Katya Serebriakova was Alexandre Benois' (1870-1960) great-niece.
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Gatchina
inscribed with title (lower left) and further indistinctly inscribed and dated '21. VI/192.../.../Iuri...’ (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and ink on paper
8 x 11½ in. (20.2 x 29.1 cm.)
with a pencil sketch on the reverse depicting Katya Serebriakova standing on a bridge and inscribed by the artist 'Katia/Serebriakova/Pont a...'
Gatchina
inscribed with title (lower left) and further indistinctly inscribed and dated '21. VI/192.../.../Iuri...’ (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and ink on paper
8 x 11½ in. (20.2 x 29.1 cm.)
with a pencil sketch on the reverse depicting Katya Serebriakova standing on a bridge and inscribed by the artist 'Katia/Serebriakova/Pont a...'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Etude Couturier-Nicolay, Paris, 31 March 1994, lot 23.
Acquired at the above sale by Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Brought to you by
Aleksandra Babenko