7 June 2017 Russian Art Auctions

7 June 2017

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Church of Nativity of Most Holy Mother of God, Nizhny Novgorod

* 47. KUPRIN, ALEXANDER (1880-1960)

Church of Nativity of Most Holy Mother of God, Nizhny Novgorod, signed and dated 1921, further with a crayon sketch, variously inscribed in Cyrillic, on the reverse.

Pencil and gouache on paper, 43 by 38.5 cm.
5,000-7,000 GBP


Provenance: Acquired from the artist’s family by the present owner.
Private collection, USA.


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