4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions
4 June 2014
* 236. FALK, ROBERT (1886-1958)
Study for the Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter, Cyrilla Falk.
Pencil and watercolour on paper, 41.5 by 31.5 cm.
15,000-20,000 GBP
Executed in 1946.
Provenance: Collection of Angelina Schekin-Krotova, the artist’s widow (label on the reverse).
Acquired from the above by the collector Igor Sanovich in the late 1980s, Moscow.
Private collection, Europe.
Authenticity certificate from the expert Yu. Didenko.
The work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the works on paper by Robert Falk being prepared by Yu. Didenko and D. Sarabianov.
For the larger oil portrait painted in the same year, see lot 24.
Notes on symbols:
* 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.