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Alexandre Nikolaïevitch Benois combined painting, art history and stage design. In Saint Petersburg, he helped establish Mir Iskusstva with Léon Bakst and Sergei Diaghilev, creating a forum for exchanges between Western developments and Russian traditions. His sets and costumes for the Ballets russes, notably Petrushka, gave this encounter a theatrical form in which space and figures contributed to storytelling. After working in the Hermitage’s Old Masters gallery, he settled permanently in Paris in 1926. Commissions from the Opéra, Comédie-Française and other European stages continued his activity. Alongside this work, drawings and watercolours recorded his travels, including visits to Brittany. Illustration and memoirs completed a practice connecting images, performance and knowledge of the past.
This profile brings together identity references for Alexandre Benois and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Watercolour
Vues de Venise
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2024-11-28 — 2024-12-11
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Watercolour
Paysage méditerranéen
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2016-12-13
Published result : 350 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Gouache
Projet de costume pour Albert, "#Ballet "Amphion"
gouache
Catalogue period : 2012-03-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Watercolour
Décor pour le Ballet Giselle, 2ème Acte, Opéra de Paris
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2012-03-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Watercolour
Attribué à Alexandre Benois — Marine
aquarelle
attr. à
Catalogue period : 2019-05-22
Attributed to
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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