•ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for the Ballet Russes
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•ALEXANDRE BENOIS (1870-1960) Costume design for the Ballet Russes, signed and dated 1928 lower right, watercolour, bodycolour and pencil, 35cm x 25cmAlexandre Benois was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva (World of Art), an art movement and magazine. As a designer for the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev, exerted what is considered a seminal influence on the modern ballet and stage design.
