ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Two costume designs for Vikings for the opera ‘Sadko’ by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in Rome in 1930

both signed, titled, inscribed, numbered in pencil ‘A. Benois’ (lower right), ’Sadko Rome…’ (upper left), ‘Variague…’ (upper right), one dated ‘1930’ (lower right) pencil, ink, pen, watercolour on paper 30 х 21 cm (each) executed in 1930 Accompanied by written notes depicting costumes by A. Benois