5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House

5 June 2019

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Self-Portrait and A Collection of Sketches

124. NILUS, PETR (1869–1943)

Self-Portrait and A Collection of Sketches, 13 works, two double–sided and one insctibed in Cyrillic on the reverse.

Nine pencil, one with ink, two crayon, one watercolour, and another watercolour and gouache, on paper, one laid on cardboard, the largest measuring 63 by 48 cm and the smallest 15 by 13 cm.
1,500–2,000 GBP


Provenance: One work, Ventes Pierre Nilouss, Drouot, 15 January 1997 (stamp on the reverse).
Private collection, France.

Authenticity of one work has been confirmed by the artist's widow (insciption on the reverse, dated 5 May 1953).

Self-Portrait and A Collection of Sketches

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