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43. The Sphinx (Scene sketch for "Oedipus") [1958]

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43. The Sphinx (Scene sketch for "Oedipus") [1958]

1914, Bucureşti - 2008, Paris

Estimate:
EUR 1.500 - 2.500
Sold
EUR 1.600

gouache on cardboard, 38 x 52 cm, 38 × 52 cm, signed and dated lower right side, in pencil, ”Perahim, (19)58”; noted and entitled lower left side, in pencil, ”ACTUL III T.3. Sfinxul” (”ACT III T.3. Sphinx”)

Research information

The study was carried out for the lyrical opera "Oedipe" by George Enescu, to set up the first Romanian show of the work in September 1958, a production run by Constantin Silvestri.

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SESSION
Tue, 27 October 2020 19:30

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