5 June 2019 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House
5 June 2019
* 166. SHUKHAEV, VASILY (1887–1973)
Interior of the Musician Miller's House, Set Design for the F. Schiller Play "Intrigue and Love" .
Tempera on canvas, 45 by 46.5 cm.
3,000–5,000 GBP
Executed c. 1936.
Provenance: Private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova.
Authenticity certificate from the expert E. Yakovleva.
There is a pencil sketch for the present lot in Shukhaev’s 1930s notebook, found in the private archive and used for research by the expert Dr Elena Yakovleva from the Russian Institute of Art History, St Petersburg.
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