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ROBERT EDMOND JONES.
The Temple. Set design for a 1946 production of “The Song of the Lute.” Graphite and
gouache on thick paper. 292x432 mm; 11
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2
x17 inches, on 18x23
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2
-inch sheet. Signed,
dated, and inscribed toThomas G. Chamberlain on matte, titled below image with United
Scenic Artist stamp on recto and verso. Matted and framed.
[800/1,200]
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NICHOLA ALEXANDROVICH BENOIS.
Act II, Scene II. Set design for Giacomo Puccini's opera “Turandot” at theTeatro Della Scala
in Milan in 1944, which commemorated the 20th anniversary of Puccini’s death. Ink and
crayon on thick paper. 241x349 mm; 9
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2
x13
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4
inches. Signed in lower right image.
Preliminary sketch on verso. Lacking bottom right corner, dampstain to upper left edge.
Hinged to matte, framed.
[400/600]
Benois (1901-1988) was a Russian-born scenographer, set, and costume designer who studied under
his father Alexandre Benois, the artist for the Imperial Mariinsky Opera House in St. Petersburg.
After immigrating to Paris at age 22, he worked under Sergei Diaghilev as the principal set designer
for several Ballets Russes productions. Eventually, he relocated to Italy where he became the lead
scenographer for the Teatro Della Scala in Milan. Over the course of his career, he worked on an
estimated 300 productions around the world.
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