Benois, Alexander - Book "The Birth of the World of Art" Programs Music Signed Strings Beautiful black and white photograph

Beautiful black and white photograph signed and inscribed by him

stamped on verso by photographer Ilse Buhs

a ballet with music by Prokofiev and choreography by Kenneth McMillan

mounted on a larger piece of cardboard

He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style

Benois, Alexander - Book "The Birth of the World of Art" Programs Music Signed Strings Beautiful black and white photographRussian artist (1870 1960), art critic and historian, founder of the art movement known as "World of Art" ("Mir Iskusstva"), in Russian, published in Leningrad, 1928. Benois explains in this book how the movement appeared, the before, during and after. Soft covers, 57 printed pages, 5. 8 x 7. 75 inches, in very good condition.