Crimean landscape
Watercolour (Painting)
1916 (painted)
1916 (painted)
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A watercolour drawing of a Crimean landscape with mountains in the background. Signed and dated by the artist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour drawing |
| Brief description | Watercolour of a Crimean landscape entitled 'Capsel, Soudak' by Alexandre Benois, 1916. |
| Physical description | A watercolour drawing of a Crimean landscape with mountains in the background. Signed and dated by the artist. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Presented by E. Barnard Lintott |
| Object history | In 1916 Benois lived in Soudak in the Crimea with his family, and this watercolour is one of many painted by him at the time. A number are now at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 9, cat. 15.
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| Accession number | P.61-1922 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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