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Design

1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Benois, Alexandre (artist)

Design for a stage setting. The setting is a garden with trees and hedges on either side. In the centre foreground are figures. In the background is a palace.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Theatre
Music
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Indian ink, watercolour and gouache
Gouache
Watercolour
Indian Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Design for the stage setting for the Apotheosis, Scene VII of Marius Petipa's ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant', with music by Tchaikovsky. Drawing by Alexandre Benois 1953.
Physical description
Design for a stage setting. The setting is a garden with trees and hedges on either side. In the centre foreground are figures. In the background is a palace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
  • Width: 46.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Alexandre Benois' (Signed twice in ink)
  • '1953' (Dated)
  • 'VIIe tableau Apotheose' (Inscribed with title and)
  • 'pour la Scala Milan' (Signed in the back, inscribed with title etc, and)
Credit line
Purchased from the funds of the Gabrielle Enthoven Bequest
Object history
Design for the stage setting for the Apotheosis, Scene VII of Marius Petipa's ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant', with music by Tchaikovsky, produced by La Scala, Milan, 1953. The production did not take place.
Subjects depicted
Stage Setting
Palace
Garden
Associated object
E.13-1962 (Ensemble)
Bibliographic references
  • Alla Rosenfeld et al. A World of Stage: Russian designs for theater, opera and dance. Japan: Art Impressions Inc., 2007. 248p.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.14-1962

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Record createdOctober 17, 2006
Record URL
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