5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions

5 June 2013

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Ramasseuses de bois mort

172. PRAX-ZADKINE, VALENTINA (1899-1981)

Ramasseuses de bois mort, signed.

Oil on canvas, 116.5 by 100 cm.
25,000–30,000 GBP


Executed c. 1925.

Provenance: Collection of P.A. Regnault, The Netherlands.
Collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (label on the stretcher).
Anonymous sale; Collection de Tableaux Modernes de feu P.A. Regnault, Paul Brandt Amsterdam, 22 and 23 October, 1958, lot 99 (label on the stretcher).
Private collection, USA. Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Batavia Museum, Jakarta, 1935, No. 21 (label on the stretcher).
Stedelijk Van Abbe-Museum, Eindhoven, 1947–1948, No. 66.

Literature: Collection de Tableaux Modernes de feu P.A. Regnault, Amsterdam, Paul Brandt, 1958, p. 96, No. 99, listed.


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* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.