LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Watercolor, crayon

Size Notes:

(sight)

Markings:

Signed lower right: Boris Aronson

Condition:

Moderate overall paper discoloration where pigment is not present; stray marks and hairline surface abrasions; not examined out of frame; framed under museum glass.

Provenance:

Bonham's, London, November 26, 2007, lot 78; Trinity International Auctions, Avon, Connecticut, May 19, 2012, lot 19; Shapiro Auctions, New York, November 22, 2009, lot 13; Shapiro Auctions, New York, March 29, 2014, lot 148; Acquired by the present owner from the above. Widely considered one of the greatest set designers of the latter Twentieth Century, Boris Aronson was an American scenic designer for Broadway and Yiddish theatre. He won the Tony Award for Scenic Design six times in his career, including such greats as Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret.