$8,400
1925 watercolor ink gouache and pencil on paper 47. 6 x 31.7 cm (18 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.) [sight] signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Nicolai Benois, Paris 1925, "The Bat"' lower right; inscribed 'Gostiny Dvor' upper left and titled upper right; PROVENANCE: Collection of Nikita and Helena Balieff; Private Collection, New York. LITERATURE: The "Old Woman" in this costume design is depicted on the inside cover of the Season 1924-1925 program of "Chauve-Souris".
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2013-11-16