Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Two costume designs for The Queen of Spades: A lady at a ball; and Tchekalinsky
the first inscribed in Russian 'Ladies at the ball' (upper left), and further inscribed in Russian with costume notes; the second initialled in Cyrillic 'AB.' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed 'Tchekalinsky' (upper right), numbered 'N 75' (upper left and lower left), and further inscribed in Russian with costume notes
pencil, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
the first 10¾ x 7½ in. (27.3 x 19.1 cm.); the second 10¾ x 7 5/8 in. (27.3 x 19.4 cm.) (2)
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Two costume designs for The Queen of Spades: A lady at a ball; and Tchekalinsky
the first inscribed in Russian 'Ladies at the ball' (upper left), and further inscribed in Russian with costume notes; the second initialled in Cyrillic 'AB.' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed 'Tchekalinsky' (upper right), numbered 'N 75' (upper left and lower left), and further inscribed in Russian with costume notes
pencil, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
the first 10¾ x 7½ in. (27.3 x 19.1 cm.); the second 10¾ x 7 5/8 in. (27.3 x 19.4 cm.) (2)
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