MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019

25 November 2019

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Russian Peasants, Illustration for F. Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"

* 256. GRIGORIEV, BORIS (1886–1939)

Russian Peasants, Illustration for F. Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov", signed.

Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper, 28.5 by 43 cm.
30,000–50,000 GBP


Provenance: Collection of Mischa Richter, Massachusetts, until 2001.
Private collection, USA.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert T. Galeeva.

Exhibited: Drawings in color by Grigoriev, for Dostoievsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”, Marie Sterner Gallery, New York, 13–25 November 1933.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Drawings in color by Grigoriev, for Dostoievsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”, New York, 1933, illustrated.


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