MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019

25 November 2019

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Haystacks Against the Light

* 298. STOZHAROV, VLADIMIR (1926–1973)

Haystacks Against the Light .

Oil on cardboard, 42 by 80 cm.
16,000–20,000 GBP


Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s family by the present owner in Moscow, c. 2000.


Private collection, USA.



Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Vladimir Stozharov, the artist’s grandson.
It has been included as No. 1132 in the complete registry of the artist’s works, compiled by the family.



Exhibited: Peredvizhnaia personalnaia vystavka zhivopisi Vladimira Fedorovicha Stozharova, Syktyvkar, Archangelsk, Kirov, Izhevsk, Gorky, Kuibyshev, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Kostroma, Ryazan, Bryansk, Kalinin, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk, 1972–1974.


Soviet Art in Conflict. The Artist as an Agent of Social Change, Springville Museum of Art, Utah, September 2007–February 2008.



Literature: Vladimir Fedorovich Stozharov. 1926–1973. Zhivopis, risunok, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1977, p. 109, listed under the works from 1971.


Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.