ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Esquisse de deux de costumes pour ' The Sleeping Beauty' [La Belle au bois dormant]

Lot 38

3 0003 500

(i) inscrit au crayon, (ii), signé et daté au crayon 'AB 1953' (en bas à gauche), inscrit au crayon 'La Bella addormentata' (en haut à gauche) aquarelle, encre et crayon sur papier 22 x 15,2 cm Depuis la production de Diaghilev, La Belle au bois dormant a fait l'objet de nombreuses reprises dans le monde entier. Alexandre Benois a conçu les costumes de plusieurs productions, dont la mise en scène du Royal Ballet de 1946 à Covent Garden et la production de 1953 au Teatro alla Scala de Milan.

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