ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Stage Design for Act IV of ‘Le Baiser de la fée’ (The Fairy's Kiss), neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928

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signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Alexandre Benois...' (lower left), '...Baiser de la Fée IV...1928' (in pencil in the lower right margin); inscribed in ballpoint pen by another hand (on the reverse) watercolour and ink on paper 25 x 36.4 cm executed in 1928 Provenance: Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, December 19, 1996, Lot 190