Un Elegant (Costume design for the ballet 'Petrouchka') (1936)

Alexandre Benois

brush in black ink, with watercolour, over graphite

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Un Elegant (Costume design for the ballet 'Petrouchka') (1936)

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour, Ink, Graphite

Physical Object Description:

Costume design for the ballet 'Petrouchka'; whole-length male figure turned slightly to left, wearing a long blue coat with brown trim, hat and glasses, a staff or other object in his pocket. 1936 Brush drawing in black ink, with watercolour, over graphite. Signed and dated in lower left: "Alexandre Benois / 1936" and inscribed with descriptive notes and "Le 1-er Élégant" Verso inscribed with notes (stuck down).

Technique:

Brush

Dimensions:

32.1 x 24.1 cm

Accession Number:

1938,0514.7

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1938

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1937; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1938

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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