25 - 28 November 2012 Russian Art Auctions

25 November 2012

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Power Station at a Collective Farm

201. GRITSAI, ALEXEI (1914–1998)

Power Station at a Collective Farm, signed, titled in Cyrillic and numbered “N3372” on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 119.5 by 195 cm.
50,000–70,000 GBP


Provenance: The painting was commissioned for the Moscow House of Aviation (later the Hotel Sovetskaya).
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Private collection, UK.


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