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This design was executed for the production of Petrouchka in Vienna in 1957.
Costume design for 'Petrouchka': Nursemaid with a blue Kokoshnik
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for 'Petrouchka': Nursemaid with a blue Kokoshnik
signed and dated 'Alexander/Benois/1957' (lower left), inscribed with costume notes
pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver and gold, on paper
9½ x 6 in. (24.2 x 5.5 cm.)
Costume design for 'Petrouchka': Nursemaid with a blue Kokoshnik
signed and dated 'Alexander/Benois/1957' (lower left), inscribed with costume notes
pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver and gold, on paper
9½ x 6 in. (24.2 x 5.5 cm.)
Provenance
Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London as 'Nourrice à Casque Bleue', no. C2579.
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