Sale 2465 - Illustration Art, December 14, 2017

190 c CECIL BEATON. Marguerite. Costume design for ballerina Diana Adams in Antony Tudor’s adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ “The Lady of Camellias,” which premiered at the New York City Ballet on February 28, 1951. Pastel, watercolor, and correction f luid on paper. 483x368 mm; 19x14 1 / 2 inches. Signed “Beaton” in lower right image; inscribed and dated in lower margin stating “Design for ‘La Dame aux Camélias’ - New York City Ballet 1949.” Taped to window matte; framed. [1,200/1,800] 191 c NIKOLAI ALEXANDROVICH BENOIS. “Costume Design No. 46.” Costume design for a production of Tchaikovsky’s opera “The Queen of Spades,” at the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (formerly the Mariinsky Theatre), 1919. Watercolor and graphite on paper. 311x197 mm; 12 1 / 4 x7 3 / 4 inches. Initialed “A.B.” in lower right. Matted; framed. [1,200/1,800] 192 c NIKOLAI ALEXANDROVICH BENOIS. “Garçon Tapisier.” Costume design for an unidentified production, circa 1910s. Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper laid to board. 317x235 mm; 12 1 / 2 x9 1 / 4 inches. Signed in lower left image. Matted; framed. [1,500/2,500] 190 191 192