ALEXANDER NICHOLAEVICH BENOIS (1870-1960)

Costume design for 'La Foule des spectateurs' in Petrouchka

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ALEXANDER NICHOLAEVICH BENOIS (1870-1960)
Costume design for 'La Foule des spectateurs' in Petrouchka
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (lower left)
pencil, ink and watercolor on paper laid on thin cardboard
10 5/16x18in. (26.1x45.7cm.)
signed by the artist on the reverse 'Alexandre Benois, "Petrouchka", La Foule' and signed and dated by the artist on the reverse of the support '1948 Alexandre Benois, "Petrouchka", La Foule des spectateurs'

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A costume design for "The Spectators" in Stravinsky's Petrouchka, choreography by Michel Fokine, first performed by the Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris 1911, with Nijinsky and Karasavina. The artist designed numerous revivals; this design, dated 1948, is probably for the 1949 production at the Paris Opera.

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