MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019

25 November 2019

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Shepherd Boy

* 306. SVAROG, VASILI (1883–1946)

Shepherd Boy, signed and dated 1938, also further signed and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse, also further titled on the label on the stretcher.

Oil on canvas, 100 by 75 cm.
9,000–12,000 GBP


Provenance: Art Fund of the USSR (partial label on the stretcher).
Private collection, USA.

Literature: V. Swanson, Soviet Impressionism, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2001, p. 74, pl. 44, illustrated; p. 75, mentioned in the text.
V. Swanson, Soviet Impressionist Painting, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, p. 70, mentioned in the text; p. 71, pl. 49, illustrated.


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