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25 November 2012

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Set Design for the First Act of the Ballet "Le Moulin Enchanté"

§ 338. BENOIS, ALEXANDER (1870–1960)

Set Design for the First Act of the Ballet "Le Moulin Enchanté", signed and dated "5 V 1949", also further signed and inscribed "Le Moulin enchanté/ I acte" on the reverse.

Pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache on paper, 28.5 by 43.5 cm (image size)
4,000–6,000 GBP


Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Galerie de la Danse, Paris, April 1980.


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