6 June 2018 Russian Art Auctions

6 June 2018

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Portrait of Vania Kalugin

* 42. PLASTOV, ARKADY (1893-1972)

Portrait of Vania Kalugin, stamped with the artist's initials.

Oil on cardboard, 79.5 by 50 cm.
30,000-50,000 GBP


Executed in 1968.

Provenance: Acquired from Nikolai Plastov, the artist’s grandson, by the present owner in 1996.
Important private collection, USA.

Exhibited: Sergei Konenkov. Arkady Plastov, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, 1976.
Arkady Plastov. Zhivopis, Grafika, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Leningrad, 1978.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Arkady Aleksandrovich Plastov, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1976, p. 78, listed under the works from 1968.
Exhibition catalogue, Arkady Aleksandrovich Plastov, Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1977, p. 78, listed under the works from 1968.
V. Swanson, Soviet Impressionism, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2001, p. 160, mentioned in the text; p. 165, pl. 119, illustrated.
V. Swanson, Soviet Impressionist Painting, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, p. 195, pl. 145, illustrated; p. 196, mentioned in the text.

Portrait of Vania Kalugin

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.