LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and wash on card

Measurements:

9.06 in. (23.00 cm.) (height) by 12.20 in. (31.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed with initial and dated '1859' (lower right); with inscription in Russian 'To my dear Sandro in loving memory/of my father A. N. Benois./Anna Benois-Tcherkessoff/Christmas 1969./This drawing by Timm was especially important to my father because it depicted ice mountains on which he based his ballet 'Petrouchka', for which my father designed decor and costumes and co-authored the libretto together with Stravinsky' (on the reverse); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff 'Timm/Wilhem-Georg/1820-1895/Vue de St Petersburg représentant/St Isaac et les Balagani/Daté 1859 et signé/Ancienne collection Alexandre/Benois' (on the reverse of the backboard)

Provenance:

Collection Alexandre Benois (1870-1960). By descent to Anna Benois-Tcherkessoff (1895-1984). Collection Alexandre Djanchieff. By descent to the present owner.