Lot Essay
The present work is a design for a one act ballet of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Sadko, originally conceived by Diaghilev in 1911 with costumes and décor by Boris Anisfeld (1878-1973).
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Costume design for 'Sadko': Poissons argentés
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for 'Sadko': Poissons argentés
signed 'A Benois' (lower left), inscribed with production details and numbered '97' (upper left and right); further inscribed with production details and numbered '32' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper
11½ x 8 7/8 in. (29 x 22.5 cm.)
Costume design for 'Sadko': Poissons argentés
signed 'A Benois' (lower left), inscribed with production details and numbered '97' (upper left and right); further inscribed with production details and numbered '32' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper
11½ x 8 7/8 in. (29 x 22.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 December 1996, lot 183.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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