MacDougall Auctions 28 November 2008

28 November 2008

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Stage Design for a Fairy Tale

* 105. ANISFELD, BORIS 1879-1973

Stage Design for a Fairy Tale signed and dated 1920

Watercolour, heightened with white, and pencil on paper, laid on board, 55.5 by 75.5 cm.
12,000-15,000 pounds


For the New York Metropolitan Opera Production of Mefistofele, 1920.

Provenance: From the collection of Mr. Albert Capello, Falk & Hidbeck, NY.
Private collection, USA.

Exhibited: Boris Anisfeld: Watercolours, Oils and Sculptures; MacDougall's, London, 22 September-31 October 2008.


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