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25 November 2012

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Set Design for Abel Gance's Film "Napoléon"

§ 326. BENOIS, ALEXANDER (1870–1960)

Set Design for Abel Gance's Film "Napoléon", signed and dated 1925.

Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper, laid on cardboard, 49 by 64 cm.
12,000–18,000 GBP


Provenance: Important private collection, Germany.


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