Alexandra Exter

Estate of the Artist
Mr. Simon Lissim, New York
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1984, lot 87
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Berlin, Der Sturm (Herwarth Walden), Alexandra Exter, 1927, no. 24
Paris, Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Alexandra Exter: Theatre (Maquettes, Decors, Costumes), May 1929, no. 22
Prague, Musée des Arts et Metiers, Alexandra Exter: Theatre, (Maquettes, Decors, Costumes), March 1937, no. 14
New York, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Artist of the Theatre, Alexandra Exter, 1974, no. 44
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Alexandra Exter: Marionettes Created 1926, 1974, no. 26
Storrs, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Russian Avant-garde Art from the Schreiber Collection, January-March 1986

The New York Public Library at Lincon Center, Artist of the Theatre, Alexandra Exter, New York, 1974, p. 31, illustrated
Leonard Hutton Galleries, Alexandra Exter: Marionettes Created 1926, New York, 1974, p. 31, illustrated 

Gouache and pencil on paper. The paper is slightly discolored, in line with age. There are minor spots of foxing and stains. There is a small abrasion to the paper to the left center of the figure and minor stains within the figure. Held in a gold painted wood frame with cloth slip and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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