ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for Sganarelle 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 right); inscribed in pencil ‘Le Médecin malgré lui, opéra Gounod, Monte Carlo 1924. Direction Diaguilef’ (upper left), ‘Sganarelle en docteur...’ (upper right) watercolour on paper 46.5 x 30 cm executed in 1923