ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for Valère 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 ‘Valère’ (lower center), ‘Le Médecin malgré lui opéra Gounod Monte Carlo 1924’(upper left), ‘M Ceresole’ (upper right) watercolour on paper 46.5 x 30 cm executed in 1923