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Alexander Nikolaevich Benois — Four Costume Designs for Sleeping Beauty and Two for Petrushka (six works)
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Four Costume Designs for Sleeping Beauty and Two for Petrushka (six works)

A collection of six costume design studies by Alexander Nikolaevich Benois for the ballets Sleeping Beauty and Petrushka, executed in watercolor and ink on paper with four pieces heightened with gold leaf.

Medium
watercolour and ink on paper, four heightened with gold
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Auction House · Sotheby's

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Russian Pictures

November 30, 2021

Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000

Lot 124

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Alexander Nikolaevich Benois, Four Costume Designs for Sleeping Beauty and Two for Petrushka (six works)

A collection of six costume design studies by Alexander Nikolaevich Benois for the ballets Sleeping Beauty and Petrushka, executed in watercolor and ink on paper with four pieces heightened with gold leaf.

Medium
watercolour and ink on paper, four heightened with gold
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Watercolor, Ballet, Petrushka, Benois, Early 20th Century, Gold leaf, Costume Design, Theatrical Design, Sleeping Beauty, Russian

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