§ EXTER, ALEXANDRA (1882-1949) Les Poissons. Oil on canvas, 60 by 73 cm. Executed c. 1935. Provenance: Estate of the artist (stamp on the reverse). Collection of Simon Lissim, New York. Russian Twentieth Century and Avant Garde Art, Sotheby’s London, 6 April 1989, lot 576. Acquired at the above sale by the father of the present owner. Thence by descent. Important collection of an English gentleman, UK. Literature: J. Chauvelin, N. Filatoff, Alexandra Exter. Monographie, Chevilly-Larue, Max Milo, 2003, p. 353, No. 336, illustrated and listed with incorrect size.