Important Russian Art

1 December 2021

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White Sphere

* 97. SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915–1987)

White Sphere, signed, inscribed "17 ch. 45 m.", titled in Cyrillic and dated "1984-XI-16 piatnitsa" on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 61 by 122 cm.
8,000–12,000 GBP

Provenance: Important private collection, Europe.

Literature: Zhitie Vasil Iaklicha Sitnikova napisannoe i narisovannoe im samim, Moscow, KKKuzminskii i EKP, 2009, p. 129, illustrated as Shar uchenika V.A. Smertenko.

Related Literature: For similar works, see Zhitie Vasil Iaklicha Sitnikova napisannoe i narisovannoe im samim, Moscow, KKKuzminskii i EKP, 2009, pp. 124–130, illustrated and mentioned in the text.


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