5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions

5 June 2013

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Mythological Composition.

* 414. CHEKRYGIN, VASILY (1897-1922)

Mythological Composition.

Charcoal on paper, 17 by 13 cm.
4,000–6,000 GBP


Executed in the 1920s.

Provenance: Collection of the writer and art historian Nikolai Khardzhiev, Moscow.
Collection of the avant-garde artist Konstantin Rozhdestvensky.
Thence by descent to his daughter E. Rozhdestvenskaya.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner (inscription on the reverse).
Important private collection, Europe.


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