26 November 2014 Russian Art Auctions

26 November 2014

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Question and Answer, an Illustration for the Henryk Sienkiewicz Novel "Quo Vadis"

§ 115. BAKALOWICZ, STEFAN (1857-1947)

Question and Answer, an Illustration for the Henryk Sienkiewicz Novel "Quo Vadis", signed, inscribed "Roma (jakic)" and dated "MDCCCXCVII" (1897).

Oil on panel, 36 by 27.5 cm.
25,000-35,000 GBP


Another version of the present lot, with the same title and dated 1900, is in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.


Related literature: For another version of the present lot, see Bol’shaya kollektziya russkikh khudozhnikov. Vypusk 1. Bakalovich, Bronnikov, Svedomsky, Semiradsky, Moscow, Belyi Gorod, 2004, p. 26, No. 21, illustrated.


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