Jan 28, 2021 - Sale 2556

Sale 2556 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NIKOLAI ALEXANDROVICH BENOIS (1901-1988)
"Aida. Act I, Scene II, Variant." Set design for the 1938 stage performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera at Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Tempera, ink, and watercolor on paper. 204x310 mm; 8x12 1/4 inches, image, mounted to 9 1/2x13 1/2-inch sheet of thicker stock. Signed "Nicolai Benois" in lower right. Matted and framed.

Provenance: Carl Battaglia Galleries, New York; private collection; thence to current owner.