Lot 411
  • 411

Alexandra Exter

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexandra Exter
  • Costume design for a production of Don Juan
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • gouache over pencil on paper
  • 60 by 40 cm, 23 1/2 by 15 3/4 in.

Provenance

Simon Lissim Collection
Galerie Liatowitsch, Basel

Exhibited

New York, Vincent Astor Gallery, New York Public Library at Lincoln Centre, Spring-Summer 1974, cat.no.59, ill.

Condition

There are pinholes to the sheet in the corners. The paper is stained in places throughout and there are spots of discolouration and some light foxing. There are a few minor flecks of paintloss. Held in a gold painted wooden frame under glass.
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