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Alexandra Exter Signed Costume Design Gouache Painting - No Reserve

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $1,500 - $2,500

Buyer's Premium: 25%

Description

Keywords: Russian Avant-Garde, Constructivist Art, Suprematist, Theater Costume, Stage Design, Art Deco Era, Female Figure, Works on Paper, Modernist Design, Paris School

Summary:
Alexandra Exter (1882–1949). Gouache on paper depicting a costume design of a female figure in a colorful geometric theatrical costume. Signed.

Bio: Alexandra Exter was a suprematist and constructivist painter and designer associated with the Russian avant-garde. In 1914 she exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris and the International Futurist Exhibition in Milan alongside Kasimir Malevich, Alexander Archipenko, Vadym Meller and Sonia Delaunay-Terk. She resettled in France in 1924, teaching at the Académie Moderne in Paris and later at the Académie d’Art Contemporain under Fernand Léger, and participated in the 1936 "Cubism and Abstract Art" exhibition in New York.

This is a NO RESERVE lot. There are no hidden or confidential reserves. All acceptable bidding begins at the published online START PRICE.
Measurements: Visible: 21 1/2 x 12 in. (54.6 x 30.5 cm.), Frame: 28 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (72.4 x 47.6 cm.) approx

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All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.

Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions. Accordingly, works are sold as ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.

Bidders are encouraged to carefully review all photographs and, when possible, examine items in person prior to bidding. Photographs form an integral part of each lot’s description. The absence of a condition report, notation, or reference to damage does not imply that an item is free from defects, restoration, wear, or other condition issues. All items are sold as is, where is, and may show signs of age, use, wear, repair, or prior restoration. By placing a bid, bidders acknowledge and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.
Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions.  Accordingly, works are sold as  ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.