Lot 72
  • 72

Boris Israilovich Anisfeld

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld
  • Horses of St. Mark, 1914
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1914 (lower left); also signed Boris Anisfeld (lower right); inscribed 38 and labeled twice for exhibition (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 31 1/4 by 35 1/2 in.
  • 79.5 by 90.5 cm

Exhibited

Petrograd, Mir Iskusstva, 1914
Moscow, Mir Iskusstva, 1915
Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Boris Anisfeld, 1918, no. 46, traveling exhibition

Literature

Christian Brinton, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, 1918: Brooklyn, no. 46

Condition

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This painting is unlined. The paint layer is stable and the condition generally is very good. The paint layer seems to be clean and varnished and there appear to be no retouches or paint losses. We recommend the picture be hung in this beautiful condition.
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