Lot 344
  • 344

Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld
  • Sketch for a production of Andreyev's The Ocean
  • signed and inscribed I akt k okeanu in Cyrillic and dated indistinctly l.r.

  • tempera and silver foil over black chalk on paper
  • 68.5 by 98.5cm., 27 by 38 3/4 in.

Exhibited

New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition (touring), 1918-1920, cat. no. 76

Literature

Christian Brinton, The Boris Anisfeld Exhibition, Brooklyn, 1918, no. 76

Condition

There is a tear approximately 4cm long in the upper left corner. The sheet has yellowed and is slightly undulated along the lower edge. The surface is slightly dirty and there is some media staining in the left half and elsewhere. Held in a black frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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