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Costume design for Sleeping Beauty: Lilac fairy
Details
Alexandre Benois (1870-1960)
Costume design for Sleeping Beauty: Lilac fairy
signed with initials and dated 'AB./1953' (lower left), inscribed 'La Belle au Bois dormant (upper left), further inscribed 'Lile/La Fée de/lilas (upper right), inscribed with costume notes overall
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gold, on paper
9.3/8 x 6.5/8 in. (23.6 x 16.8 cm.)
and two other works on paper by the same artist: Aurora's musician and A court attendant; both unframed
Costume design for Sleeping Beauty: Lilac fairy
signed with initials and dated 'AB./1953' (lower left), inscribed 'La Belle au Bois dormant (upper left), further inscribed 'Lile/La Fée de/lilas (upper right), inscribed with costume notes overall
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and gold, on paper
9.3/8 x 6.5/8 in. (23.6 x 16.8 cm.)
and two other works on paper by the same artist: Aurora's musician and A court attendant; both unframed
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in London circa 1998.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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