Lot 40
  • 40

Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Boris Izrailevich Anisfeld
  • Portrait of a Woman
  • wood, oak
  • height: 34 1/2 in., 87.5 cm

Provenance

ABA Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

The Art Institute of Chicago, Boris Anisfeld: Retrospective Exhibition, Chicago, 1958, p. 6, illustrated
ABA Gallery, Boris Anisfeld, New York, 2001, p. 86, illustrated
E. Lingenauber and O. Sugrobova-Roth, Boris Anisfeld 1879-1973, catalogue raisonné, Düsseldorf, 2011, no. S003

Condition

Wood. The surface is dirty and has some areas of staining, including some glue residue (could be original). There is a small dark stain on chin. The number 6 is written in marker on the verso near the base. The sculpture has various cracks that appear to be original. The woman's left arm is molded with clay on verso where it fuses with wood base.
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Catalogue Note

We would like to thank Charles Chatfield-Taylor, the artist's grandson, and Dr. Eckart Lingenauber and Dr. Olga Sugrobova-Roth, authors of the catalogue raisonné, for providing additional information.