ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Boris Chaliapin and his wife at sea shore. 1927.

signed and dated in ink ‘Alexandre Benois 1927’ (lower right), inscribed along the lower edge ‘Boris Chaliapin’, numbered and dated in pencil ‘9 VIII 1927 12h’, inscribed in Cyrillic (on reverse) watercolour and pencil on paper 30 x 45 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist Descendants of the Benois family Acquired from the above by the present owner