29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions
29 November 2017
102. BOGDANOV-BELSKY, NIKOLAI (1868-1945)
Latgalian Girls, signed.
Oil on canvas, 69 by 78.5 cm.
40,000-60,000 GBP
Provenance: Collection of August Bauman, the artist’s friend, Yurmala, Latvia.
Important private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
The work will be included in the monograph on the artist being prepared by A. Kuznetsov.
Exhibited: III Vystavka kartin Akademika N. P. Bogdanova-Belskago, Riga City Art Museum, Riga, 29 March–4 May 1925.
Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del Novecento, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, III Vystavka kartin akademika N. P. Bogdanova-Belskago, Riga, 1925, No. 19, listed.
N. Lapidus, Bogdanov-Belskii, Moscow, Bely Gorod, 2001, p. 27, illustrated.
X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 75, illustrated.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.