Lot 235
  • 235

Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld
  • Stage Set for Curtain Palace of the Night, The Bluebird
  • Signed indistinctly (lower right)

  • Watercolor and gouache on paper
  • 21 5/8 by 25 5/8 in.
  • 55 by 65 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, April 23, 2004, lot 114

Exhibited

New York, A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., Paintings by Boris Anisfeld and a selection of his designs for ballet and opera, 1979-1980, no. 38

Literature

A.M. Adler Fine Arts, Inc., Paintings by Boris Anisfeld and a selection of his designs for ballet and opera, New York, 1979-1980, no. 38, p. 9, illustrated

Condition

This work is in generally good condition and hinged to the mat in two places along the upper edge. The edges are slightly nicked and there is a large folded tear on the left upper edge. The lower edge is also nicked and bumped; all of the edges are matted out of view.
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