Costume design for 'Petrouchka': Le Nègre

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Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for 'Petrouchka': Le Nègre
signed 'Alexandre/Benois' (lower left), inscribed with production title (upper left) and numbered 'N3./Le Nègre/(M Orloff)' (upper right), dated '1911' (upper left); further inscribed with costume notes overall
pencil, watercolour, gouache and ink, heightened with gold and silver, on paper
13 x 8 7/8 in. (33.1 x 22.4 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in London circa 2000.

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.

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Lot Essay

This costume design was for Serge Diaghilev’s (1872-1929) production of Petrouchka, a ballet in one act with music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) and choreography by Michel Fokine (1880-1942). The world premiere took place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 13 June 1911.

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