ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for Géronte for the opera ‘The Doctor in spite of himself’,Sergei Diaghilev’s version for l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1924

signed and dated ‘Alexandre Benois 1923’ (lower left); inscribed in pencil ‘Géronte 3ème acte’ (lower center), ‘M …’ (upper right) watercolour on paper 46.5 x 30 cm executed in 1923