Aleksandr Nikolaevich Benua [Benois] (1870-1960)
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Benua [Benois] (1870-1960)

Stage Design for Le Pavillion d'Armide, Act I

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Benua [Benois] (1870-1960)
Stage Design for Le Pavillion d'Armide, Act I
signed, dated and inscribed 'Alexandre Benois 1907 Le Pavillon d'Adrmide 1ere tableau ... de René' (on reverse)
pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper
19½ x 25½in. (49.5 x 65cm.)
Provenance
Madame Anna Tcherssov, sold Sotheby London, 13 June 1967, lot 65.
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Lot Essay

The Pavilion d'Armide was staged at the Mariinskii Theatre, St. Petersburg, in 1907, to the music of N.N. Cherepnin, the ballet master M. Fokin and designs by Benois.

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