28 Nov 2018 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House
28 November 2018
142. SOMOV, KONSTANTIN (1869–1939)
Portrait of Alexandra Levchenko, signed and dated 1934.
Pastel on paper, laid on canvas, 46 by 38 cm.
15,000-20,000 GBP
Provenance: Russian Art, Christie’s London, 13 June 2007, lot 63.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, UK.
Literature: E. Yakovleva, “Aleksandra Levchenko — parizhskaia model K.A. Somova”, Antikvarnoe Obozrenie, No. 1, 2011, p. 9, illustrated.
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