BORIS ANISFELD (1878-1973) “Blue Bird”

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).