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    4 April 2007

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    • Alexandra Exter (1884-1949)
    Lot 508

    Alexandra Exter (1884-1949)

    Design for theatre

    Price realised

    GBP 9,000

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    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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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach Museum, 10 October-26 November 1972, no.84


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    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium


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