ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Сostume design for the ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,probably by René Blum’s Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1938

signed, titled, inscribed, numbered and dated in pencil ‘Alexander Benois’ (lower right), 'Casse Noisette...' (upper left) pencil, ink, pen, watercolour on paper 37.5 x 26 cm Provenance: collection of John Carr Doughty