Lot 123: SIMON MIKHAILOVICH LISSIM 1900-1981

CIRCUS

measurements
25 7/8 by 37 1/4 in.

alternate measurements
65.8 by 94.5 cm.

signed Simon Lissim, and dated 1931 (lower right); titled on artist's label (on the reverse)

ink, watercolor, gouache and metallic inks over pencil on illustration board

Condition Note: generally good condition, slight surface toning and soiling, a few scattered stray pencil marks and notations, colors possibly slightly muted

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PROVENANCE

acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

EXHIBITED

New York, Lincoln Center, Library Museum of the Performing Arts, 1975
Columbia Gallery of Fine Arts, 1976
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Amazons of the Avant Garde, 2000