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This design was executed circa 1925 for the productions of Petrouchka in Copenhagen and Milan.
Costume design for Nijinksy as 'Petrouchka'
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for Nijinksy as 'Petrouchka'
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (lower right) and inscribed 'Pétrouchka' (upper left); further inscribed 'Pétrouchka/pour M. Nijinsky' (upper right)
pencil, ink and gouache on paper
12½ x 10¼ in. (32 x 26.8 cm.)
Costume design for Nijinksy as 'Petrouchka'
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (lower right) and inscribed 'Pétrouchka' (upper left); further inscribed 'Pétrouchka/pour M. Nijinsky' (upper right)
pencil, ink and gouache on paper
12½ x 10¼ in. (32 x 26.8 cm.)
Provenance
Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London, no. C2592.
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