ALEXANDER BENOIS (1870-1960) Église de Bièvres, France

signed, dated and located ‘9.IV.1935 Bièvres’ (lower center), signed ‘Alexander Benois’ (lower right) pencil and watercolour on paper 25.5 x 33 cm PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist, Paris Collection of Nicola Benois (1901–1988), the artist’s son, Milan Thence by descent Acquired from the above by the present owner Collection of Julian Barran Ltd, London Christie’s London, Important Russian Art, 24.11.2014, lot 94 Private collection, Europe