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 'Alexandre Benois...' (lower left), '...Baiser de la Fée IV...1928' (in pencil in the lower right margin); 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