ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for Léandre 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 ‘… Léandre en costume de ballet…’ (lower center) watercolour on paper 46.5 x 30 cm executed in 1923