Important European Collection of Russian Art, plus Other Properties

30 May 2020

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The Three Graces

42. SHTANGE, IRINA (1906–1991)

The Three Graces, signed, inscribed in Cyrillic “Obnazhennyye” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 128 by 125 cm.
25,000–40,000 GBP

Provenance: Russian Sale, Bonham's London, 1 June 2006, lot 91.
Important private collection, Europe.

Exhibited: 60 chefs-d’œuvre de l’École russe. Le nu en peinture 1900/1970, Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes, 23 October 2010–30 January 2011.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, 60 chefs-d’œuvre de l’École russe. Le nu en peinture 1900/1970, Cannes, Centre d’art La Malmaison, 2010, p. 92, illustrated.

The present lot as illustration in the 2010 exhibition catalogue.

The Three Graces
The Three Graces

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