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Description: RUSSIAN, 1870-1960
SET DESIGN FOR GISELLE, ACT I

measurements
13 by 19 in.

alternate measurements
33 by 48.2 cm

signed indistinctly Benois and dated 1949 (lower left); also signed Alexandre Benois/1ere idée du/ Dècor de l'acte I de Giselle (version 1949)/Tour l'Opera de Paris (on the reverse)

pencil, watercolor, gouache and ink on paper

PROVENANCE

Alexandre Benois
Private collection (gifted by the above)

NOTE

The present set design was created for the 1949 production of Giselle at the Paris Opera House, under the direction of Serge Lifar.