Boris Israilovich Anisfeld

St. Petersburg, Mir Iskusstva, 1916
Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, 1918, no. 55, traveling exhibition
Boston, Boston Art Club and Twentieth Century Club, 1924, no. 47 or 48
New York, Shepherd Gallery, Boris Anisfeld, no. 41, illustrated
Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, Boris Anisfeld "Fantast-Mystic": Twelve Russian Paintings from the Collection of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, no. 9, traveling exhibition

Christian Brinton, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, 1918: Brooklyn, no. 55, illustrated
James Britton, "Boris Anisfeld's Art," American Art News, October 26, 1918, p. 1
F.W. Coburn, "Russian Artist Exhibits Works," The Boston Herald, Dember 10, 1918
A.J. Philpott, "New Thrill from Anisfeld Pictures," The Boston Globe, December 10, 1918
Henry Tyrrell, "The Exotic Art of Boris Anisfeld," The Christian Science Monitor, Fall 1918
Henry Tyrrell, quoted in Christian Brinton, "The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition," Brooklyn Museum Quarterly, January, 1919
Notes, Buffalo, N.Y.: Albright Art Gallery, January-March, 1919, p. 18, illustrated
"Boris Anisfeld," Chicago Post, April 8, 1919, illustrated
"Boris Anisfeld's Pictures," St. Louis Mirror, July 24, 1919
"Mutinies in Oil of a Russian Rebel Artist," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 27, 1919, illustrated
Carol Brown, "Works of Anisfeld shown in New York," The Day (New London, CT), November 20, 1984, illustrated
Vivien Raynor, "Art," New York Times, November 2, 1984
Roger J. Mesley, Boris Anisfeld "Fantast-Mystic": Twelve Russian Paintings from the Collection of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Toronto: 1989, pp. 52-55, illustrated 

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 on canvas seems to be unlined. The paint layer has been cleaned and varnished. There are a few retouches which have been added in the hair against the face and on the right side of the face. There are a couple of other random spots of retouch that have been added in the upper left and in the center right. The restoration is perhaps a little broad and may be reexamined. Any slight thinness in the pentimenti in the fabric on the right side is most likely intentional. Overall this painting is in good condition.
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