Live Auction 4463Christie's Interiors
Alexandre N. Benois (Russian, 1870-1960)
Lot 409

Alexandre N. Benois (Russian, 1870-1960)

Design 56, Hussard de la cour

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 2,250

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Alexandre N. Benois (Russian, 1870-1960)
Design 56, Hussard de la cour
signed and dated 'Alexandre/Benois/1927' (lower right); inscribed with fabric annotations in the artist's hand (throughout)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
10.5 x 6.5 in. (26.7 x 16.7 cm)

Specialist note

This costume design is for the ballet Le Coq d'Or' by Rimsky-Korsakov, with a libretto after Aleksandr Pushkin revised by Benois.