28 Nov 2018 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House
28 November 2018
228. KOTARBINSKY, VASILY (1848–1921)
Mermaid, signed.
Oil on canvas, 62 by 100.5 cm.
20,000-30,000 GBP
Provenance: Private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Exhibited: Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Literature:: Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 16, illustrated.
Related literature:: For similar work, see G. Romanov, A. Muratov, Zhivopis russkogo salona. 1850–1917. Entsiklopediia, St Petersburg, Zolotoi vek–Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2004, p. 316, illustrated as Goplana.
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