Kopsel. The Crimea, the artist’s wife and son, Nicola on a path, 1915
Watercolour on paper 20 x 27 cm
Dated lower right recto 29.6.1915 and with indistinct inscription. In verso signed and with inscription Alexandre Benois. Promenade par une soiree…..plutot….autour de notre maison (datcha a General Kolubiakin a Kopsel en Soudak a Crimee 1915.) Ma chere femme et notre fils Nicola, 1915
PROVENANCE
The Artist, Paris
Nikolai Benois, Milan
Thence by descent to Pompeo Bernadina De Cecco, second wife of the artist