Boris Israilovich Anisfeld, 1879-1973

Mrs. Otis Chatfield-Taylor, United States
Shepherd Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

St. Petersburg, World of Art Exhibition, 1913 (I)
Moscow, World of Art Exhibition, 1914 (I)
Brooklyn (travelling exhibition), Brooklyn Museum, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, 1918, no. 39 (I)
Boston, Boston Art Club and Twentieth Century Club, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Boris Anisfeld, December-January, 1924-25, no. 6 (?) (I)
New York, Reinhardt Gallery, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, March-April, 1924, no. 33 (?) (I)
Storrs, The William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut, Boris Anisfeld: The Early Works, October-November, 1979, no. 7 (I and II)
Chicago, Gilman Galleries, Boris Anisfeld 1879-1973 Retrospective Exhibition, December-January, 1981-82 (II)
New York, Shepherd Gallery, Boris Anisfeld in St. Petersburg, 1901-1917, Fall, 1984, no. 30 (I)

Christian Brinton, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, Brooklyn, 1918 (I)Boston Art Club and Twentieth Century Club, Exhibitions of Paintings and Drawings by Boris Anisfeld, 1924 (I)
Reinhardt Gallery, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, 1924 (I)

Thomas P. Bruhn, Boris Anisfeld, 1979, p. 9 and 19, illustrated (I an II)

Gilman Galleries, Boris Anisfeld 1879-1973 Retrospective Exhibition, 1981-82, p. 8, illustrated (II)

Elisabeth Kashey, Boris Anisfeld in St. Petersburg, 1901-1917, 1984, pl. 29, illustrated (I and II)

Condition reports for both: oil on original canvas. Surface is a little dirty but appears vibrant. There is a layer of varnish. Minor craquelure in some places (I), but paint layer is stable. Certain pigments fluoresce under UV and the light reveals a small possible repair to lower center (I) though the varnish prevents conclusive analysis. Held in a modern black wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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