ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) A set of two costume designs for The Sleeping Beauty

Lotto 38
3 0003 500
(i) inscribed in pencil, (ii), signed and dated in pencil 'AB 1953' (lower left), inscribed in pencil 'La Bella addormentata' (upper left) watercolour, ink and pencil on paper 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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