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

signed, titled, inscribed, and dated in pencil 'Alexandre Benois …. Baisers de la Fée IV … 1928' (lower right); 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