Lot 215
  • 215

Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld
  • Triptych: Stage Design
  • Initialed and dated 1909 (lower left)

  • Watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper

  • 12 1/8 by 32 5/8 in.
  • 30.5 by 83 cm (sight)

Provenance

Shepherd Gallery, New York

Condition

Sheet is hinged to mat along the top with three pieces of paper tape. Missing piece of sheet in lower left margin is crescent shape (5 in. long and 1 1/4 in. high at the highest point). This missing part of the sheet is not visible when the work is behind the mat. A previous mat once glued to the sheet around the image may have left traces of glue, which have been bleached and appear now as white spots. Sheet size: 14 3/4 by 37 1/4 in.
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