Caucasian Fortress. Signed and dated 1941. Signed and dated 1941. Gouache on paper, with 11 lines from the Lermontov poem "Aul Bastundzhi" on the reverse. 12 x 8".
”Grimasy goroda”. Gouache and ink on cardboard signed by monogram and dated 1908. 11 x 8". Reproduced in “Perezvony”N10, 1926. Another version in GTG, Moscow, reproduced in "Dobuzhinski Mstislav" by A. Gusarova. Moscow, Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo, 1982, p.76. Provenance: A. Raydon Gallery, N-Y. In original Spanish 17th Century carved and gilded frame with leaf sight, reverse leaf to the hollow, and demi-flower back edge
”Grimasy goroda”. Gouache and ink on cardboard signed by monogram and dated 1908. 11 x 8". Reproduced in “Perezvony”N10, 1926. Another version in GTG, Moscow, reproduced in "Dobuzhinski Mstislav" by A. Gusarova. Moscow, Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo, 1982, p.76. Provenance: A. Raydon Gallery, N-Y. In original Spanish 17th Century carved and gilded frame with leaf sight, reverse leaf to the hollow, and demi-flower back edge
Portrait of a dancer Clotilde Sakharova. Pencil, ink on paper. Signed. Dated 12.07.29, Lausanne. 13 x 10" Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.24.Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog). In original art nouveau Austrian walnut hand-carved frame with a maker label “ C. Buhlmayer, Wien” on the back
Theatrical Portrait. Gouache on cardboard, collage. Signed with monogram. 13 x 10". In original Dutch blackened hand carved XVII century frame.
Petersburg in 1921. Album of 12 lithographs. Personal presentation copy specially printed for A.Benois, 1/1000, with three different sets of lithographs on different types of paper (triple suite) + one hand-colored by the artist signed and inscribed by him. Inscribed and signed twice (in Cyrillic and in Latin) by A. Benois.
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Petersburg in 1921. Album of 12 lithographs. Personal presentation copy specially printed for A.Benois, 1/1000, with three different suites of lithographs on different types of paper (triple suite) + one hand-colored by the artist signed and inscribed by him. Inscribed and signed twice (in Cyrillic and in Latin) by A. Benois. Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, sale 15 Apr 2008, lot 190.
A DRAFT FOR A DECORATIVE ITEM
Indian ink on paper, 12x15 inches
signed low right, c 1930
Costume for "Faust", Opera National Lituanien, Kaunas 1931, 8x11.5 inches, signed low left, inscribed with details on the back. Compare: lot 178, Druout Montagne, Paris, 24 June 2005.
Sketch for a curtain, "Le Nain Grenadier", 1956, signed and dated low right, 7x10 inches, inscribed with details on the back. Compare: lot 270, Druout Montagne, Paris, 24 June 2005.
Sketch for a curtain, "Prince Igor", Kaunas, 1934, signed low left and dated low right, 8x7 inches, inscribed with details on the back. Compare: lot 190, Druout Montagne, Paris, 24 June 2005.
Costume Sketch for "The Barber of Seville", Kaunas, 1932, signed low left and dated low right, 12x14 inches
Costume Sketch for "The Barber of Seville", Kaunas, 1932, signed low left, 10x13 inches (with a drawing of another person on the back)
Costume Sketch for "Hamlet", Produced by M.Chekhov in Kaunas, State Theater, 1932, signed low right, 10x8 inches
Costume Sketch for "Andersen Tales", Kaunas, 1939, signed low left , 12x14 inches
Paper folder
(all theatrical works on that page have been a part of the archive found in it) signed with the artist monogram 12x14 inches
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY pastel on a watermarked paper,signed low left , c 1930 13x18 inches
Three Costume Sketches for Prokofiev "War and Peace", Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1947(was not performed), signed low right, 12x14 inches (two smaller ones) and 24x14 inches (the larger one)
OLD KAUNAS CITY VIEW mixed technique on a cardboard, signed low right, c 1930 13x17 inches
SAME CITY VIEW ON SUNSET mixed technique on a cardboard, signed low left, c 1930 8x12 inches
TWO DRAFTS FOR VILNUS CITY EMBLEM Indian ink on paper, 12x15 inches, signed low right, c 1930
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
mixed technique on a watermarked paper, signed low left , c 1930 14x18 inches
STILL LIFE CHARCOAL ON PAPER, C 1930 SIGNED LOW RIGHT 10X15 INCHES
STILL LIFE CHARCOAL ON PAPER C 1930 SIGNED LOW LEFT 10X15 INCHES
LANDSCAPE INK ON PAPER, C 1930 SIGNED LOW RIGHT 10X10 INCHES
11 LANDSCAPE PENCIL ON PAPER,C 1930 SIGNED LOW RIGHT 8X10 INCHES
LANDSCAPE PENCIL ON PAPER, C 1930 SIGNED LOW RIGHT 8X10 INCHES
STILL LIFE CHARCOAL ON PAPER, C 1930 SIGNED LOW LEFT 10X15 INCHES
SYMBOLIC TRIPTYCH(DRAFT FOR A CURTAIN), MIXED TECHNIQUE ON PAPER, C 1930 SIGNED LOW LEFT 8X20 INCHES
