7 June 2017 Russian Art Auctions

7 June 2017

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Peasant Girl, Illustration for “Les Contes de l’Isba”

157. BILIBINE, IVAN (1876-1942)

Peasant Girl, Illustration for “Les Contes de l’Isba”, signed twice with initials and dated 1931.

Ink and watercolour on paper, 23.5 by 18 cm (paper size).
15,000-20,000 GBP


Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Literature: Les artistes russes hors frontière, Paris, Musée du Montparnasse, 2010, p. 94, illustrated.


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