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Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Lot 74 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION

Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)

Set design for 'David'

Closed1 June 2015

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GBP 8,125

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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.)

A gift from Oreste Allegri, Sr. (1859-1954) to Paraskeva Clark (1898-1986) in Toronto in 1946.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1928 Alexandre Benois directed and designed the décor and costumes for the première of Ida Rubinstein’s (1885-1960) production of ‘David’. With choreography by Leonid Massine (1896-1979) and music by Henri Sauget (1901-1989), the ballet is based on the life of the Biblical hero, whose role was performed by Ida Rubinstein herself.