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Le Tsar de la mer
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Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Le Tsar de la mer
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (centre left) indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Sadko/opéra .../de Paris/1930' (upper right), further indistinctly inscribed 'Le Tsar des/Mers [sic]/...' (upper centre)
pencil, pen, black ink, wax crayon, watercolour, gouache and paper collage
12½ x 9½in. (31.8 x 24.2cm.)
There is a sketch of the same subject by the same artist on the reverse This work is a costume design for the opera 'Sadko' performed at the Opéra de Paris in 1930
Le Tsar de la mer
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (centre left) indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Sadko/opéra .../de Paris/1930' (upper right), further indistinctly inscribed 'Le Tsar des/Mers [sic]/...' (upper centre)
pencil, pen, black ink, wax crayon, watercolour, gouache and paper collage
12½ x 9½in. (31.8 x 24.2cm.)
There is a sketch of the same subject by the same artist on the reverse This work is a costume design for the opera 'Sadko' performed at the Opéra de Paris in 1930
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