Important Russian Art
1 December 2021
◎ 10. YUON, KONSTANTIN (1875–1958)
Working in the Forest. Autumn, Ligachevo, signed.
Oil on canvas, 58 by 80 cm.
120,000–180,000 GBP
Provenance: Collection of V.N. Griaznov, c. 1913.
Private collection, Russia.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova.
Exhibited: XI vystavka kartin Soiuza russkikh khudozhnikov, Moscow, St Petersburg, 1913–1914 (partial exhibition label on the stretcher).
Literature: Reproduced on a postcard, Grosman & Knebel, c. 1913, titled Drovosek.
Exhibition catalogue, Katalog XI vystavki kartin Soiuza russkikh khudozhnikov, Moscow, Tovarischestvo tipografii A. I. Mamontova, 1913–1914, No. 427, listed as Rabota v lesu, osen.
Exhibition catalogue, Katalog XI vystavki kartin Soiuza russkikh khudozhnikov, St Petersburg, Tipografiia Tovarischestva "Ekateringofskoe pechatnoe delo", 1914, No. 376, listed as Rabota v lesu, osen.
A. Koiransky, K. F. Yuon, Petrograd, A.E. Kogan, 1918, p. 74, listed under the works from 1913 as Oseniiu v lesu. Sobr. V.N. Griaznova.
N. Tretiakov, K. F. Yuon, Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1957, p. 106, listed under the works from 1913 as Rabota v lesu. Osen. "Ligachevo".
The present lot as listed in the 1913-1914 exhibition catalogue.
The present lot as listed in the 1918 publication.
The present lot as listed in the 1957 publication.
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