28 Nov 2018 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House

28 November 2018

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Portrait of Alexander Scriabin

* 95. SOUDBININE, SÉRAPHIN (1867–1944)

Portrait of Alexander Scriabin, signed, inscribed “Biarritz” and dated 1909.

Bronze, granite base, height 27 cm (with base).
7,000-9,000 GBP


A cast from an unnumbered edition.

Provenance: Private collection, USA.

Related literature: For another cast, see Skulptura i risunki skulptorov kontsa 19–nachala 20 veka, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1977, p. 579, illustrated.
E. Khmelnitskaia, Serafim Sudbinin na perelome epokh, ot moderna do Ar Deko, St Petersburg, Chistyi list, 2010, p. 20, No. 31, illustrated.


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