Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Lot 80 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)

A costume design for Petrushka: A drum major of the Pavlovsky Guard Regiment with four children

Closed29 November 2010

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GBP 6,000

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Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
A costume design for Petrushka: A drum major of the Pavlovsky Guard Regiment with four children
signed 'Alexandre Benois' (lower centre), inscribed 'L'Album de Petrik/Lieven/Petrouchka/Enfants proletaires' (upper left), further inscribed 'Tambour-major/de/Régiment/Pavlovsky' (upper right)
pencil, ink and watercolour, heightened with gouache, on paper
9 x 6¼ in. (22.5 x 15.9 cm.)

The family of the artist.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1996, lot 200 (part).
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.