26 November 2014 Russian Art Auctions
26 November 2014
* 175. SHUKHAEV, VASILY (1887-1973)
View of the Phoenician Steps, Capri, signed, inscribed "Capri", titled in Cyrillic "Arka", numbered "N 2" and dated 1914.
Pencil and sanguine on paper, laid on cardboard, 65.5 by 90 cm.
80,000-130,000 GBP
Provenance: Collection of the artist’s family (label on the reverse).
Acquired directly from the artist’s widow by the present owner in the 1970s.
Private collection, Europe.
Exhibited: Possibly, IX vystavka novogo obshchestva khudozhnikov. 1914–1915, Petrograd, 1914, No. 228, 229, 230 or 231.
Vystavka proizvedenii V.I. Shukhaeva. K 80-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, Research Museum of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Leningrad, 1969 (label on the reverse).
Vasilii Ivanovich Shukhaev. K 90-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, 1977.
Literature: Possibly, exhibition catalogue, IX vystavka novogo obshchestva khudozhnikov. 1914–1915, Petrograd, 1914, p. 19, No. 228, 229, 230 or 231, listed as Zapisi s Kapri. Groty.
Exhibition catalogue, Vasilii Ivanovich Shukhaev.K vos’midesyatiletiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, Leningrad, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1968, listed as Arka.
I. Myamlin, Vasilii Ivanovich Shukhaev, Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972, p. 163, listed under works from 1914 as Arka.
Exhibition catalogue, Vasilii Ivanovich Shukhaev. K 90-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1977, listed under works from the 1910s as Kapri. Ushchelie.
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.