29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions
29 November 2017
* 63. PEN, YEHUDA (1854-1937)
Old Woman Reading, signed twice.
Oil on canvas, laid on cardboard, 43 by 67 cm.
20,000-30,000 GBP
Executed in the 1910–1920s.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova.
Related literature: For another version of the work, see O. Akunevich (ed.), Yu. M. Pen, Minsk, Belarus, 1916, p. 138, No. 99, illustrated; p. 259, listed.
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