ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for the Two little cadets for the ballet ‘Petrushka’ by Igor Stravinsky at Covent Garden in 1956

signed, titled, inscribed and dated in pencil ‘Alexander Benois 1956’ (lower right), ‘Petrouchka 1956 (1911) for London 1957’ (upper left), ‘Covent Garden 1957 Smart people The Two little cadets’ (upper center), ‘N39 …’ (upper right); inscribed and numbered in pencil (on the reverse) pencil, ink, pen, watercolor on paper 31 x 22 cm executed in 1956