1. Design for the Decor of the Palace of the Night from the Opera The Blue Bird Signed and indistinctly inscribed Blue bird low right. Brush and indian ink, gouache and varnish on board, 55 x 74.5 cm Executed circa 1919. Bears labels with the title on the back. Bibliography: The Touchstone, Dec. 1919 ill. on p. 93; Boris Anisfeld Catalogue Raisonne by E Lingenauber and Olga Sugrobova-Roth, reproduced - T315 pg 218. Provenance:Mrs Chatfield-Taylor, Chicago, (daughter of the artist); Sale, Sotheby’s, London, Catalogue of Decor and Costume Designs from the Diaghilev Period, 15th December 1969, lot 44; coll. James L. Gordon; Julian Barran Ltd, London. will be on sale with hermitagefineart.com in August
2. SOLD Costume design for a Boyar in Sadko. Signed twice in Cyrillic and dated 1910 low right; signed and dated 1910-1919 low left; watercolor, gouache and gold paint on paper laid down on board. 19x8 inches. Provenance: family of the artist; Sale : Jackson's International Auctioneers & Appraisers * Cedar Falls 21/07/2005 Lot 484. Exhibited: Brooklyn Museum 1919 (last page of the catalog), The Kingore Galleries, New York, 1919. Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.24. Literature: "Boris Anisfeld Catalog Raisonne" by Dr. Eckart Lingenauber and Dr. Sugrobova-Roth, Edition Libertars, Dusseldorf, 2011, # T067, p.187 - illustrated. sold
3. “Carnival”, Decor for Mikhail Mordkin's American Tour 1926. Gouache on cardboard, signed lower right Provenance: Family of the artist. 13x10". Literature: "Boris Anisfeld Catalog Raisonne" by Dr. Eckart Lingenauber and Dr. Sugrobova-Roth, Edition Libertars, Dusseldorf, 2011, #T623 , p.252 - illustrated. In original frame art deco with ormolu mounts and brass inner slip $10000
4. “Carnival”, Curtain for Mikhail Mordkin's American Tour 1926. [Pierrot and Colombina]. Gouache on cardboard, signed lower right Provenance: Family of the artist.13x10".In original art nouveau Austrian hand-carved frame with ormolu mounts and a maker label“ C. Buhlmayer, Wien” on the back. Exhibited: International Exhibition of Watercolors, Pastels, Drawings and Miniatures, 03.31-05.30 1932, #179; Adler Fine Art Galleries New York, 1980 #26 .Literature: "Boris Anisfeld Catalog Raisonne" by Dr. Eckart Lingenauber and Dr. Sugrobova-Roth, Edition Libertars, Dusseldorf, 2011, #T619 , p.252 - illustrated. $10000
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