6 June 2018 Russian Art Auctions
6 June 2018
15. FALK, ROBERT (1886-1958)
Portrait of Gabriel .
Oil on canvas, 65.5 by 54.5 cm.
90,000-120,000 GBP
Executed in 1931.
Provenance: Collection of Angelina Shchekin-Krotova, the artist’s widow.
Acquired from the above by Piero Vinci, UN Ambassador to the USSR, in Moscow c. 1970.
Thence by descent to the previous owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Important private collection, Europe.
Exhibited: Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Literature: A. Shchekin-Krotova, Moi Falk, Moscow, HGS, 2005, p. 73, illustrated.
D. Sarabianov, Yu. Didenko (eds), Zhivopis Roberta Falka. Polnyi katalog proizvedenii, Moscow, Galereia Elizium, 2006, p. 87, mentioned in the text; p. 88, illustrated; p. 547, No. 769, illustrated and listed; p. 870, illustrated under the year 1931.
Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del
novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 136, illustrated.
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.