29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions
29 November 2017
33. MAKSIMOV, VASILY (1844-1911)
Sad News from the Front
Oil on canvas, 73.5 by 100.5 cm.
10,000-15,000 GBP
Provenance: Important private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Literature: D. Arutiunov, Akademik zhivopisi Vasilii Maksimovich Maksimov, St Petersburg, Ploshchad iskusstv, 2014, pl. 314, illustrated; p. 92, No. 674, listed.
Related literature: For similar works, see A. Leonov (ed.), Russkoe iskusstvo. Ocherki o zhizni i tvorchestve khudozhnikov, Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1962, p. 232, illustrated.
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