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Illustration for 'The Bronze Horseman': The Imperial Theatre in flood
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Illustration for 'The Bronze Horseman': The Imperial Theatre in flood
signed in Cyrillic 'Aleksandr Benua.' (lower left)
pencil and ink, heightened with white, on paper
9 ¾ x 12 7/8 in. (24.7 x 32.5 cm.)
Illustration for 'The Bronze Horseman': The Imperial Theatre in flood
signed in Cyrillic 'Aleksandr Benua.' (lower left)
pencil and ink, heightened with white, on paper
9 ¾ x 12 7/8 in. (24.7 x 32.5 cm.)
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1994, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1994, lot 1.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private Collections, Italy, 2007, illustrated p. 27.
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