28 Nov 2018 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House

28 November 2018

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234. SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915–1987)

Standing Nude, inscribed in Cyrillic “ftornik/tut nikakoi otsenki stavit...ne khochetsa, eto vyshe.” and dated “1986 II 4” on the canvas edge.

Oil on canvas, 90 by 60.5 cm.
6,000-9,000 GBP

Provenance: Private collection, Europe.

Exhibited: Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 152, illustrated.

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