ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for the Old french tutor for the ballet ‘Petrushka’ by Igor Stravinsky at Covent Garden in 1956

signed, inscribed, dated in pencil ‘Alexander Benois 1956’ (lower left), ‘Petrouchka 1956 (1911) N 34’ (upper left), ‘Smart people’ Covent Garden 1957’ (upper center), ‘The old french tutor…’ (upper right); inscribed and numbered in pencil (on the reverse) pencil, ink, pen, watercolor on paper 31 x 22 cm executed in 1956