NIKOLAI ALEXANDROVICH BENOIS (1901-1988) (1) Stage design for opera by Verdi ‘La Forza del Destino’. 1965-66. (2) Set design for opera Verdi La Forza del Destino, 1965-66
Lot 25
600800
Signed ‘Nicola Benois’ (along the lower edge), inscribed ‘Forza Scala studio 6b’ (on the reverse)
crayon and watercolour on paper
34 x 48 cm.
inscribed ‘5/A’ (in margin of board upper right), inscribed on reverse Forza del Destino un idea della I sc / studio I atto prologo 65-66’
pencil and watercolour on paper laid on board
34 x 47.8 cm
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Descendants of the Benois family
Acquired from the above by the present owner