Sale 5224
London, South Kensington
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4 April 2007
Price realised
GBP 9,000
Estimate
Alexandra Exter (1884-1949) Design for theatre gouache and pochoir on paper 12¾ x 19½in. (32.5 x 49.5cm.) Painted in 1929/30
Provenance
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne G.Winkler, Germany Galleria Grafica, Tokyo
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Exhibited
Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach Museum, 10 October-26 November 1972, no.84
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