Alexandre Benois. The interior of the Lyric Theatre in London. Watercolour and gouache on pencil strokes, on the back cover of the A Season of Ballet program, presented by Marie Rambert, with Tamara Karsavina. A platelet in-8°. On the cover label, Alexandre Benois wrote "Première" in red pencil. Provenance: direct descent of Alexandre Benois. Alexandre Benois attended the first performance of A Ballet Season at the London Opera House, with the famous Tamara Karsavina in the lead role. Probably, he brought his pencils, made a sketch during the performance, and once he got home he put it in colour. Александр Бенуа Бенуа и Тамара Тамара Карсавина. Александр Николаевич Бенуа Бенуа (1870-1960). Интерьер театра Lyric Theatre Hammersmith в Лондоне. 1930. Карандаш, акварель программе и гуашь на программе Сезона Сезона Балета Тамары Карсавиной, представленного Мари Рамбер в Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. На обложке программы in-8° рукой А. Бенуа надпись: First (Премьера). Происхождение: потомки Александра Александра Бенуа.
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Alexandre Benois. The interior of the Lyric Theatre in London. Watercolour and gouache on pencil strokes, on the back cover of the A Season of Ballet program, presented by Marie Rambert, with Tamara Karsavina. A platelet in-8°. On the cover label, Alexandre Benois wrote "Première" in red pencil. Provenance: direct descent of Alexandre Benois. Alexandre Benois attended the first performance of A Ballet Season at the London Opera House, with the famous Tamara Karsavina in the lead role. Probably, he brought his pencils, made a sketch during the performance, and once he got home he put it in colour. Александр Бенуа Бенуа и Тамара Тамара Карсавина. Александр Николаевич Бенуа Бенуа (1870-1960). Интерьер театра Lyric Theatre Hammersmith в Лондоне. 1930. Карандаш, акварель программе и гуашь на программе Сезона Сезона Балета Тамары Карсавиной, представленного Мари Рамбер в Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. На обложке программы in-8° рукой А. Бенуа надпись: First (Премьера). Происхождение: потомки Александра Александра Бенуа.

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Alexandre Benois. The interior of the Lyric Theatre in London. Watercolour and gouache on pencil strokes, on the back cover of the A Season of Ballet program, presented by Marie Rambert, with Tamara Karsavina. A platelet in-8°. On the cover label, Alexandre Benois wrote "Première" in red pencil. Provenance: direct descent of Alexandre Benois. Alexandre Benois attended the first performance of A Ballet Season at the London Opera House, with the famous Tamara Karsavina in the lead role. Probably, he brought his pencils, made a sketch during the performance, and once he got home he put it in colour. Александр Бенуа Бенуа и Тамара Тамара Карсавина. Александр Николаевич Бенуа Бенуа (1870-1960). Интерьер театра Lyric Theatre Hammersmith в Лондоне. 1930. Карандаш, акварель программе и гуашь на программе Сезона Сезона Балета Тамары Карсавиной, представленного Мари Рамбер в Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. На обложке программы in-8° рукой А. Бенуа надпись: First (Премьера). Происхождение: потомки Александра Александра Бенуа.
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