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Benois, A.N.
BENOIS, ALEXANDRE NIKOLAEVICH (1870  1960)

Works

1908. Watercolor on paper. 28 х 20 cm.
1893. Pencil on paper. 31.3 х 49 cm.
1910s. Gouache and pencil on paper laid on cardboard, 7.5 х 7 cm. Formerly collection of A.P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva.
1897. Watercolor on paper. Visible size 19.5 х 29.5 cm.
1916. Lithograph, watercolor, colored version of the painter. 13 х 18.5 (15.5 х 19.5) cm.

Other Sites

Museums, Libraries & Archives
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Alexander Benois. (Russian, 1870 – 1960) / The collection of the Museum of Modern Art (NY) // www.moma.org  
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Bookplates and Printer`s Marks by Artist of the World of Art Association [Mir Iskusstva] in Print Department Collections in The National Library of Russia (NLR, St Petersburg). Internet Exhibition // www.nlr.ru  
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Benois, Aleksandr (Alexandre) Nikolayevich, 1870 – 1960 // The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) // www.tretyakovgallery.ru  
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Benois, Alexandre // Victoria & Albert Museum Colletions (GB) // www.collections.vam.ac.uk  
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Alexander Benois, 1870 – 1960. Artist biography & artworks // Tate Gallery (London, UK) // www.tate.org.uk  
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Alexander Benois, 1870 – 1960. Commedia dell’ arte. 1906. Oil on canvas. 68.5 x 101 cm., The Flora Fountain. 1905 –1906. Oil on canvas. 53 x 65 cm.// www.virtualrm.spb.ru  
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Editions of St. Eugenia’s Community. Exhibition. 11 December 2008 – 15 March 2009. Stroganov Palace (The State Russian Museum (St Petersburg)) // www.rusmuseum.ru  
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Benois in the Drawings Collection of Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford, UK) // www.ashmolean.org  
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Alexandre Nikolaevich Benois (1870 – 1960) // Malmö Konstmuseum (Sverige) (Malmö Art Museum (Sweden)) // www.malmo.se  
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Benois Alexandre (1870 – 1960) on Shlepyanov-Art Official Gallery Site (GB, Галлерея [si А. Шлепянова) // www.shlepyanov-art.com  
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Alexander Nikolaevich Benois // Sotheby's lots archive 
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Upcoming sale at Christie's: Benois A.N. 
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Archive of sold lots at Christie's: Benois A.N. 
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Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (Russian, 1870 – 1960). View of Trebeurden, 1939. Signed Alexander Benois, dated 1939 and inscribed Trebeurden in ink (ll); inscribed indistinctly 27...39 and ...39 in pencil (ll). Pastel, gouache and pencil on paper, 7 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches // William Doyle Galleries Auction (NY), February 8, 2012, Lot 96, Sold for $2,880 // www.doylenewyork.com  
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Alexandre Benois (Russian, 1870 – 1960). A costume design for Giselle. Signed in Latin (lower right), dated '1949' and titled (upper left). Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper, 22.5 x 14.5 cm. (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in) // Bonhams (London), Auction The Russian sale, May 30, 2012, lot 68. Estimate: £1,500 – 2,500, US$ 2,400 – 4,000, €1,800 – 3,100. Provenance: The estate of Louis Cartier, Paris, purchased from a sale of the estate of the above c.1980 by the present owner // www.bonhams.com  
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Работы художника в галерее Джеймса Баттервика (James  Batterwick, UK) // www.jamesbutterwick.com  
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Benois Aleksandr. Daphne and Apollo. Oil on canvas, 27.5 by 35 cm. // MacDougall's Auctions. 29 – 30 Nov 2007. Lot 96, est. 15,000-20,000 GBP // www.macdougallauction.com  
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Бенуа Александр Николаевич (1870 – 1960). Площадь в Вецларе. Эскиз декорации ко второму акту оперы Жюля Массне «Вертер». 1950. Бумага, акварель, тушь, перо, графитный карандаш, 30 х 47,4 см // Кабинетъ, Аукционный Дом (Москва), Аукцион № 10(35) 17 ноября 2011, лот 37, предварительная оценка: 600 000 – 900 000 р. // www.kabinet-auktion.com  
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Van Ham Fine Art Auctions (Cologne, Germany) / Van Ham Kunstauktionen (Köln, Deutschland) // www.van-ham.com  
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Russian Art and Books (San Diego, CA, USA) // www.russianartandbooks.com  
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Ravenscourt Galleries (London – Москва) // www.ravenscourtgalleries.com  
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Aleksandr Nikolaevič Benua// Il progetto «Russi in Italia» 
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Alexandre Benois // www.artfira.com  
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Alexandre Benois, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia // www.en.wikipedia.org  
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Alexandre Benois // Encyclopædia Britannica // www.britannica.com  
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Art Signature Dictionary of artists signatures, biographies, auction results & fakes // Holmberg & Co Marknadsplanering AB, Sweden // www.artsignaturedictionary.com  
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Alexander Benois // www.rusartnet.com 
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Volné Směry // www.bluemountain.princeton.edu 
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Database: Alexander Benois / The Athenaeum // www.the-athenaeum.org

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Současné Umění Ruské [Ал-др Бенуа. Современное русское искусство; А. Ростиславов. О новом в русской живописи; Ф.Т. Новые русские книги; Новости и примечания; Илл.: Е. Лансере, И. Билибин, С. Коровин, М. Нестеров, В. Серов, И. Левитан, К. Коровин, А. Головин, С. Малютин, А. Васнецов, М. Якунчикова, Ф. Малявин, К. Сомов, Ал-др Бенуа, М. Врубель, П. Трубецкой, Л. Бакст, А. Обер, Е. Поленова] // Volné Směry. [Nr.8?]. Praha, 1901 časopis 
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St. Petersburg. By A.R. / Studio-Talk // The Studio. Vol.23. London, 1901, pp. 138140 (Ill.: Feodorowna Ries [Die Hexe (p.138). Alexandre Benois. Au Parc de Péterhof (p.140). Ph. Maliavine. Portrait of Elie Répine (p.141). M. Néstéroff. La Mort de St. Alexandre Nevsky (p.141). Paul Troubetzkoy. Sculpture (p.142)) 
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Moscow. [Text about this year’s exhibition by the artists’ society known as the «Soyouz [of Russian Painters]»] (pp. 166167168169170) / Studio-Talk // The Studio. Vol.35. London, 1905, pp. 166 – 170 (Ill. in the text: S. Ivanoff. Maslannitza – Carnival in a Russian Street; R. Youon [sic, K. Yuo . On the Bank; T. [sic, Ph.] Maliavine. Drawing. Peasant Girls; L. Pasternak. Portrait) (Ill.: V. Seroff. Drawing [Portrait of Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaye]. 1903 (p.165))  
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P.E. [P. Ettinge . Moscow. Studio-Talk [Text about Russian exhibitions], pp. 81-83 (pp.818283) (Ill. in the text: Ilya Repine. Portrait Study (p.82). Igor Grabar. Chrysanthemums (p.83). E. Lanseray. The Empress Elizabeth at Tzarskoye Selo (p.83)); Henry Frantz. The Exhibition of Russian Art in Paris, pp. 319-323 (pp.319320321322323) (Ill. in the text: A. Benois. Review of Troops in the Reign of Pail I (p.319). C. Somoff. In the Park (p.319). N. Röhrich. The Old Town (p.320). [C.] Korovine. The Log Hut (p.320). Constantin Bogaievsky. The Dead City (p.321). I. Grabar. Birch Tree (p.321). Prince P. Troubetzkoy. Model (p.322). P. [sic, Ph.] Malyavine. Peasant Women (p.322)) // The Studio. Vol.39. London, 1907 
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Ettinger, P. Moderne russische Malerei // Die Kunst für alle : Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur / herausg.: Fritz Schwartz. – München : Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann A.-G. ; Druck von A. Bruckmann (München), 1907 (15. März, H.12), S. 273–285. – Abb.: L. Bakst. [Zeichnung] (S.273). Antike Vision (S.277). Zeichnung (S.286). Bildnis der Gräfin Keller (S.291). Zeichnung (S.296). – W. Borissoff-Mussatoff. Requiem (S.273-1). – S. Iwanoff. Der Zar (S.274). – M. Wrubel. Die Schwanenprinzessin (S.275). Mikula Selianinovitsch (russische Legende) (S.281). Zwei Heilige (S.288). – I. Rjepin. Der Schriftsteller Garschin (S.276). Kleinrussische Volksszene (S.290). – K. Somoff. Zeichnung für einen Kalender (S.277). Der Spaziergang (S.285). Die Maske (S.286). – P. Troubetzkoi, Fürst. Kind mit Hund (S.278). Der Bildhauer August Rodin (S.295). – A. Benois. Das Bad der Marquise (S.279). – V. Sjeroff. Kinderbildnis (S.280–1–281). Graf Felix Sumarokoff-Elston (S.283). Bildnis (S.285). – K. Bogajewsky. Landschaft (S.280). – K. Juon. Während des Karnevals (S.281). – A. Riabuschkin. Der Tanz (S.282). In der Kirche (S.293). – F. Maljawin. Bäuerinnen (S.284). – K. Korowin. Die Wirtin (S.287). – S. Sudbinin. Kopf des Christus, der die Händler vertreibt (S.288). – M. Nesteroff. Einkleidung einer Nonne (S.289). – Appolinarius Wassnetzoff. Aus dem alten Moskau (S.290). – O. Braz. Bildnis (S.292). – S. Korowin. Wallfahrer (S.294). – L. Pasternak. Studie (S.296). – Link.  
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G. Bröchner. A Swedish Sportsman Painter: Bruno Liljefors (pp. 184-191) (pp.184185186187188189190191); P.E. [P. Ettinger]. Moscow. Studio-Talk (pp. 333-336) (pp.333334335336) // The Studio. Vol.43. London, MCMVIII [1908] (Ill. in the magazine: E.A. Hornel. Lace-Making in Ceylon (p.321); F. Brangwyn. Sketch for Panel at the Skinners’ Hall, London; B. Liljefors. The Marauder (p.185). Eagle-Owl (p.186). Cock and Hen (p.186). Blackcocks, Pairing Season (p.187). On the Alert (p.188). Reynard at Home (p.189). The Booty (p.190). Swans (p.190). The Hawk’s Nest (p.191). A Pair of Crows (p.191); L. Pasternak. Drawing (p.335). Alexandre Benois. Le Roi (p.336). V. Sérov. Portrait of Madame H. (p.336). S. Maliutin. The Country Fair (p.337)) 
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Russia // Catalogo della Mostra di Belle Arti : Esposizione Internazionale di Roma : [Roma ; Aprile 1911 – Gennaio 1912]. – Bergamo : Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1911, p. 277–299. – Copertina, pagina di titul. – Indice alfabetico degli artisti esponenti (p. 375–420), indice delle illustrazioni (p. 421–429), illustrazioni (p. [431]-I–CCLII). – Link.  
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Valérien Svetloff [Ivtchenko, Valerian Iakovlevitch]. Les Peintres Décorateurs Russes [Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Rœrich, Juon et Fedorovsky, Soudeikine; [p.14151617]] / Supplément Artistique édité par Comœdia Illustré en l’honneur de la Huitieme Saison des Ballets Russes dirigée par Serge de Diaghilew // Comœdia Illustré. Nr.16. Paris; France et Colonies: 1 fr., Étranger: 1 fr. 25; 20 Mai 1913, supplement, [pp.14 – 17] 
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Laurin, Carl G. Konstutställningen i Malmö // ORD och BILD : Ill. Månadsskrift. – [Stockholm], 1914 (N10), p. 529–550. – Link.  
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G. Loukomsky (publié). G.G. Narbout (ornements). Exposition de l’Art Russe a Paris en 1921 – Exposition des Artistes Russes à Paris en 1921. Organisée par les membres et exposants de la société «Mir isskousstva» (Monde artiste) à la galerie «La Boёtie». [Catalogue]. Édition «L’Art russe» Alexandre Kogan. Paris. 1921 
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Benoi, A. Aquarelle, zeichnungen, holz- und linoleum-schnitte, kupferdrucke, plakate, architektur- und theater-entwürfe: 267. Theaterdekoration. 268, 269. Illustration. 270. Landschaft // A. Holitscher, Dr. Redslob, David Shterenberg (die vorworte). Erste Russische Kunstausstellung. Berlin 1922. Galerie Van Diemen & Co. Gemalde neuer meister. Unter den Linden 21. [Verzeichnis]. Verlag: Internationale Arbeiterhilfe. Berlin W8, Unter den Linden 11. 1922 
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Alexander Benois und Ssergej Ernst. Ostroumowa-Lebedewa: [Avec 22 planches en couleur und Oeuvre-Katalog]. Moskau-Leningrad; Staatsverlag – Государственная тип. им. Ив. Фёдорова. Ленинград, Звенигородская, 11; 1 000 экз., [1924] (Couverture, page de titre
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[Der 4] Internationale buchkunst austellung. Amtlicher catalog. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1927 (Umschlag, titelblatt, Ill.: Andrei Gontscharoff; D.P. Sterenberg; Wladimir Favorskij; Alexander Tychler; El Lissitzky; Jouri Pimianow; Nicolaus Piskarew; Pierre Noury; Karl Walser; Maurice Utrillo; Eugen Spiro; Marcus Collin; Th. Kittelsen; Anselmo Bucci; Zygmut Kaminski; Wladyslaw Skoczylas; Antonello Moroni; Frans Masereel; Fernand Siméon; André Lhote; Richard Seewald; Hedwig Kruse; Jan Toorop; André Dunoyer de Ségonzac; J.L. Laboureur; Jean Cocteau; E.R. Weiß; Jozef Cantré; Frans Masereel; Ludwig von Hofmann; Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth; Alfred Kubin; Emil Orlik; Käthe Kollwitz; Jules Perrichon; Raymond Thiollière; Bruno Bramanti; A. De Carolis; Fröydis Haavardsholm; Ervin Lang; Zygmunt Kaminski; Ludwig Kozma; Walter Klemm; Percy Smith; G.A. Mathéy) (Liste der Künstler)  
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Exposition d’Art Russe : Catalogue : [343 NN] : Paris / 2–15 Juin 1932; Galerie «La Renaissance» (11, Rue Royale, Paris); Louis Réau. Préface (P. 5–7); Arséne Alexandre. De 1906 à 1932 (P. 9–16); Denis Roche. Aperçu d'une nouvelle exposition générale d'Art Russe à Paris (P. 17–27). – Paris, 1932. – Couvert., page de titre. – Ill.: Yvan Bilibine. Les sept Siméon (conte russe) (1931). – Nathalie Gontcharova. Espagnole (fragment). – Boris Grigorieff. Portrait du Président Masaryk. – Alexandre Iakovleff. Femme couchée. – Constant Korovine. Paris la nuit. – Michel Larionow. Nature morte. – Nicolas Milliotti. Course de Chantilly. – Paul Tchelistcheff. Une tête. – Léon Zack. Tête de jeune homme. – Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. Beethoven. – Mstislas Dobužinski. Monument de Pierre le Grand (Saint-Pétersbourg). – Constantin Somoff. Ancient intérieur russe.  
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Bown, M.C. A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian And Soviet Painters : 1900–1980s. – London : Izomar Limited, [1998]. – Bookjacket: Back: Ruslan A. Kobozev. In the Factory Canteen (detail) (1950s); Front: Georgi I. Rublev. A Factory Party Meeting (detail) (1932); cover; frontispiece: Aleksandr M. Gerasimov. Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1929); title.  
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Н. Попова (вст. ст.). Анна Ахматова и её современники: На фоне Петербурга – Ленинграда. Альбом избранных произведений графики Музея Анны Ахматовой в Фонтанном Доме [СПб.]. М., ООО «МТН клуб»; тип. ОАО «Иван Фёдоров», 191119, СПб., ул. Звенигородская, 11; 3 000 экз., 2003 (рус., анг.) (Anna Akhmatova and Her Contemporaries: Against the Background of Petersburg – Leningrad. An Album of Selected Works of Graphic Art from the Museum of Anna Akhmatova in the Fountain House [in the St Petersburg]. Introduction by Nina Popova. Moscow, 2003) (rus., eng.) 
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Русский Париж [Russie à Paris]. 1910 – 1960. [Альбом выставки / Album de l'expositio . Альманах. Вып.53. СПб. [Saint-Pétersbourg], Государственный Русский музей [Le Musée d'Etat Russe], Von der Hedt-Museum (Wuppertal), Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Palace Edition, 2003 
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Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionist Painting. Woodbridge. Suffolk. UK. Antique collectors` club. 2008 
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И.И. Ващенко, Ю.А. Солодовников (пред., поясн.), Я.С. Алалыкина, С.М. Гонтарь, О.В. Загорная, С.Н. Пыхтина, Т.А. Сальникова, Ю.В. Костюков, Е.Г. Касавченко (авт.-сост.). Краснодарский краевой художественный музей им. Ф.А. Коваленко: Русское искусство первой трети ХХ века. Каталог. Самара, СамЛюксПринт, ККХМ им. Ф.А. Коваленко, 1 000 экз., 2011 (рус., анг.) (Krasnodar Art Museum: Art of Russia 1st third XXth Centure. Catalogue. Samara, 2011) (rus., eng.) 
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