Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Property from a Private Collection, England

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

1870 - 1960

Three Costume Designs for Giselle

each signed in Latin, one with initials, each inscribed, two dated 1948 and one dated 1924; one further bearing the Serge Lifar collection stamp on the reverse

watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper, one on card

Sheet: (i) 32.5 by 25cm, 12 ¾ by 8 ⅓ in.; (ii) 26 by 20cm, 10 ¼ by 8in.; (iii) 24.5 by 16cm, 9 ½ by 6 ¼ in.

Framed: (i) 48 by 40cm, 19 by 15 ¾ in.; (ii) 44 by 35cm, 17 ¼ by 13 ¾ in.; (iii) 41.5 by 31cm, 16 ¼ by 12 ¼ in.