5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House
5 June 2019
179. SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915–1987)
Monastery in Winter, signed and dated 1975, also further signed, inscribed with the artist’s birth date “1915” and dated on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 63.5 by 106.5 cm.
50,000–70,000 GBP
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner.
Private collection, Canada.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in London in 2008.
Private collection, UK.
Literature: Zhitie Vasil Iaklicha Sitnikova napisannoe im samim,
Moscow, KKKuzminskii i EKP, 2009, p. 221, 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.