BORIS ANISFELD (1878-1973) “Blue Bird”
Lot 50
3 7003 900
Costume design for Act II, Tableau IV, The Palace of Happiness, The Joy of Seeing What is Beautiful,
Metropolitan Opera, 1919
signed and dated 1919 (lower left)
tempera on illustration on board
33 x 30.5 cm
Exhibited:
Adler Fine Art Galleries New York, 1980, #33;
Gillman Galleries, Chicago, 1982
Literature:
“A Time to Gather… RUSSIAN ART From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, ill. p.23
«Boris Anisfeld. Catalog Raisonné» by Dr. Eckart Lingenauber and Dr. Sugrobova-Roth, Edition Libertars, Dusseldorf, 2011, #T337, ill. p.221
(+) This lot is under temporary importation and is subject to import tax (EU).