MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010
7 June 2010
248. PIROSMANI, NIKO 1863-1918
Arsenal Hill at Night c. 1907-1908
Oil on oilcloth, 111 by 88 cm.
Sold for 1,075,368 GBP
Provenance: Collection of N. Bayadze, owner of a tavern in Tiflis, until approximately 1920.
Collection of Kirill Zdanevich.
Acquired from the above by the Soviet Government, probably on the advice of Lily Brik, Moscow.
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