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THE HISTORIC DRAMA TSAREVICH ALEKSEI BY DMITRII MEREZHKOVSKII WAS PRODUCED, WITH COSTUMES AND DECOR BY BENOIS, AT THE BIG DRAMA THEATRE, PETROGRAD, IN 1920.
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ALEKSANDR NIKOLAEVICH BENUA (BENOIS) (1870-1960)
TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR TSAREVICH ALEXIS: PETER THE GREAT; CATHERINE I
SIGNED IN CYRILLIC LOWER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT 'A.BENOIS' AND 'ALEXANDRE BENOIS' AND INSCRIBED IN RUSSIAN UPPER RIGHT 'TSAREVICH ALEKSEI/PETER' AND 'TSAREVICH ALEKSEI/EKATERINA'; PENCIL, CRAYON AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER
APPROX. 12 7/8 X 7 7/8IN. (32.7 X 20CM.) AND 12 7/8 X 9¼IN. (32.7 X 20CM.) (2)
TWO COSTUME DESIGNS FOR TSAREVICH ALEXIS: PETER THE GREAT; CATHERINE I
SIGNED IN CYRILLIC LOWER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT 'A.BENOIS' AND 'ALEXANDRE BENOIS' AND INSCRIBED IN RUSSIAN UPPER RIGHT 'TSAREVICH ALEKSEI/PETER' AND 'TSAREVICH ALEKSEI/EKATERINA'; PENCIL, CRAYON AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER
APPROX. 12 7/8 X 7 7/8IN. (32.7 X 20CM.) AND 12 7/8 X 9¼IN. (32.7 X 20CM.) (2)