largest of the auctioned in recent years, private collection of works by Alexander Alexandre Benois appears November 29 at Russian bid Sotheby's. The audience will be presented 130 works on paper, covering very different genres and periods of the artist's life - costumes and sets for ballets and operas, water views of Russia, France and Italy, as well as book illustrations, sketch drawings and portraits of the artist's family.

Alexander Benois Design for Opera Stravinsky's" Nightingale. " 1914 Estimate: 30-50 thousand pounds Source: artdaily.com

52 best works from the collection of 19 to 22 September can be seen in the pre-auction exhibition in Paris.

Alexander Benoit - the grandson of Albert Kavos (Alberto Cavos), Russian architect of Italian origin, who built many buildings in the two Russian capitals, in particular the building of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre in St. Petersburg. At the auction will be featuring the work of Benoit architectural creations of his grandfather - "St. Petersburg. Big Stone House in the snow" (estimate 20-30 thousand pounds).

Alexander Benois View the Piazza San Marco from the tower Torre del Orolodzho Estimate: 3-5 thousand pounds Source: artdaily.com

One of the founders of the "World of Art", Benoit life in his work trying to capture the charm and spirit of the past, nostalgically admiring the beauty and the grandeur of bygone eras. He is known as the author of beautiful watercolors depicting the parks and palaces of Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo, some of these papers will appear in future auctions.

from foreign landscapes Benoit a matchless charm different work, "Three types of Camara. Brittany ", made in 1925, watercolor, pencil and ink on paper (estimate 6-8 thousand pounds).

Alexander Benois created some wonderful watercolor series with the views of the Versailles palace and park. M. Etkind wrote in his book "Benoit and Russian culture", the artist looked at the landscape, "through the eye-glass" of historical reminiscences, memoirs, poetry and music, so that work often takes on the character Benoit "a lyrical meditation." At the auction there will be 16 landscapes at Versailles, estimated at 40-60 thousand pounds.

In the West, Benoit is best known as a decorator performances of Diaghilev's ballet seasons (in addition, the artist collaborated with the dance troupe Ida Rubinstein) . His sketches of scenery for "Petrushka," "Sleeping Beauty" and "Nightingale", inspired by the fine and applied arts of different nations, will undoubtedly be appreciated by lovers of both art and theater. Sketches for "The Nightingale" and Stravinsky's "Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovsky, performed on paper in watercolor, gouache and ink, previously estimated at 30-50 thousand pounds thousand pounds, and 10-15, respectively.

At the auction will be a picture of Alexander Benois' The family of the artist at the villa Rustan "(1932) estimate: 8-12 thousand pounds in the collection includes several works depicting the artist's family members, and each of them allows the artist a little closer to his private and family life .

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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