Hélène Benois. Tulipes. 1951. Huile sur toile, 65 x 54 cm, format 15F; dans son cadre. Signé et daté en bas à gauche. Etiquettes au dos [pour l'exposition Mostra dei Benois, tenue à Côme en 1955. Hélène Benois (1898-1972), fille du peintre et critique d'art Alexandre Benois. Provenance : descendance d'Hélène Benois. Elena Benoit (1898-1972). Tulips. 1951. Canvas, butter. 65 x 54 cm. Signature and date at the bottom left. E.A. Benoit (1898-1972), daughter of A.N. Benoit, studied painting with her father, then in the workshop of Alexander Yakovlev. In 1926, together with her brother Nikolai Benoit, she made a wall painting in a private house in Paris, participated in Russian exhibitions in the "Renaissance" gallery (1932) and "Christmas Bazaar" (1934). She helped her father in the design of ballets for the ballet company of Ida Rubinstein. In 1952, her first post-war exhibition was held at the Andre Vail Gallery. In 1955. Elena Benoit, along with her father and brother, took part in the large retrospective exhibition "Mostra dei Benois" dedicated to the Benoit family in the Italian city of Como, where 35 of her works were presented, and then sketched stained-glass windows in the church in Rosenbrück. Origin: Elena Benoit's family.