Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Set design for 'David'
signed and dated ‘Alexandre Benois 1928.’ (lower left)
pencil, ink and watercolour, heightened with white, gold and silver, on paper, laid down on card
11¼ x 23 5/8 in. (28.6 x 59.5 cm.)
Provenance
A gift from Oreste Allegri, Sr. (1859-1954) to Paraskeva Clark (1898-1986) in Toronto in 1946.
By descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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