Lot 534
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Alexandre Benois (1881-1962)
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Alexandre Benois (1881-1962)

Petrouchka - Design for a bookplate for Cecil Hopkinson

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Alexandre Benois (1881-1962)
Petrouchka - Design for a bookplate for Cecil Hopkinson
with printed signature and date 'Alexandre Benois 1955' (lower right), inscribed extensively 'NB il faut que le/trait reste visible/Les couleurs doivent être/transparentes' (above and below the image)
watercolour on a printed base
6¼ x 4½ in. (16 x 11.5 cm.)
With two further proofs for the bookplate, in a common mount.
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Lot Essay

Cecil Hopkinson (1898-1977) was a musical bibliographer and his Berlioz bibliography of 1951 remains the standard work of reference in this field. The Hopkinson Berlioz Collection of musical and literary works in housed in the National Libarary of Scotland, Edinburgh.

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