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FRANZ KOCK (Austrian 1886-1975) "Bacchanal Festival", 1920, oil on canvas, signed lower right with monogram signature and dated 1920. 18.5" x 49.5" (47cm x 125cm).  Estimate $3,000-$5,000;;Franz Kock was a well-known and active Austrian artist.  He began his studies in Graz at the Technical Institute and later studied under Alfred Zoff and Anton Marussig.  Later still he studied with Argio Orell in Triest.  In 1923, he was honored with the State Gold Medal for painting.

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BORIS ISRAELEVICH ANISFELD (Russian 1879-1973) "Costume Design from Sadko, 1911".  Gouache, watercolor and gold highlights, signed lower left and lower right dated 1911.  7.75"x18.74" (image size).  Estimate $8,000-$12,000;;In 1911 Sadko was performed at the Chatelet in Paris and afterward at the Maryinsky Theatre in Petrograd.  In the latter instance Anisfeld designed costumes as well as scenery. ;;Exhibited:;Alma Gallery, Ohio State University at Lima.  Canzani Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, College of Art and Design, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas at Lawrence:  Boris Anisfeld and the Theatre, 1997.;;Literature:  May Fanton Roberts, The Great Russian Put on Canvas:  Illustrated by the Paintings of Boris Anisfeld.  The Touchstone, Vol. 4, No. 5, February 1919, p. 387;