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BENOIS, Alexandre [Aleksanr Nikolaevich Benua] (1

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928. Watercolor and colored crayons, heightened with white (each 490 x 305 mm). Both signed and dated lower right, titled "Saltan" and inscribed with instructions to the dressmaker. Framed. Provenance: sale Sotheby's New York 22 Jun 1983. Two costume designs for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ballet in two scenes based on Alexandre Pushkin's Skazke o tsare Saltane [The Tale of Tsar Saltan] and produced by Les Ballets de Mme. Ida Rubenstein at the Théatre National de l'Opéra, Paris, November 29, 1928. Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of the legendary Nijinsky, choreographed the dance and Benois designed the sets and costumes.

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