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Alexandre Benois

(Russian Federation, 1870-1960)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 650 - 3 540 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
Hammer price
30 000 SEK
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Alexandre Benois
(Russian Federation, 1870-1960)

"A drum major and a sweet meat seller". A costume design for Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, scene 1 The Butterweek Fair.

Signed Alexandr Benois. Watercolor and heightening white on paper mounted on paper panel 31 x 22,5 cm.

Bukowskis would like to thank Erik Näslund, former director of the Museum of Dance, Stockholm, for important information regarding this lot.

Provenance

Acquired in Paris in the 1950s.
Thence in the private collection of Hans Björkegren.

More information

Writing in Swedish on the backboard "To Gunnar from Waldemar".

Benois was an important painter, critic, and stage designer, who is perhaps best-known for collaborating with Stravinsky by creating the costumes and sets for Diaghilev’s production of Petrouchka.