MacDougall Auctions 28 November 2008
28 November 2008
* 230. SORINE, SAVELY 1878-1953
Portrait of the Ballerina Natalie Krassovska signed and dated 1934, also further inscribed "N Krassovska" on the reverse
Watercolour, heightened with white, coloured crayons and pencil on paper, laid on canvas, 47 by 37 cm.
25,000-30,000 pounds
Provenance: Anonymous Sale; Dorotheum Auktionen, Russische Kunst, 26 April, 2000, Lot 138.
Private collection, USA.
Literature: A Time to Gather… Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, State Russian Museum, Palace Editions, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 24, illustrated.
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