5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House

5 June 2019

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Lenin’s Speech in the House of the Unions, Moscow

152. NALBANDIAN, DMITRI (1906–1993)

Lenin’s Speech in the House of the Unions, Moscow, signed with initials and dated 1951, also further signed, inscribed in Cyrillic “Eskiz k kartine”, titled and dated 1984 on the reverse.

Oil on cardboard, 49.5 by 69.5 cm.
10,000–15,000 GBP


Provenance: Private collection, UK.

The present lot is a study for the eponymous painting presently in the collection of the Museum-Studio of the People’s Artist of the USSR D.A. Nalbandian, Moscow.


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