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Dancing Performance in Opera de Paris, signed and …

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LIFAR, SERGE (1905-1986) Dancing Performance in Opera de Paris, signed and dated 1972, also further signed with initials, inscribed and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on cardbooard, 60 by 80 cm. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Collection Serge Lifar, Hôtel de Ventes, Genève, 13 March 2012. Acquired at the above auction by the previous owner. Thence by descent. Private collection, UK.

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LIFAR, SERGE (1905-1986) Dancing Performance in Opera de Paris, signed and dated 1972, also further signed with initials, inscribed and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on cardbooard, 60 by 80 cm. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Collection Serge Lifar, Hôtel de Ventes, Genève, 13 March 2012. Acquired at the above auction by the previous owner. Thence by descent. Private collection, UK.

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