Important European Collection of Russian Art, plus Other Properties
30 May 2020
10. KISELEV, ALEXANDER (1838–1911)
Hamlet, signed and dated “24 iiulia 1887 g”.
Oil on canvas, 32 by 53 cm.
12,000–18,000 GBP
Provenance: Possibly, acquired at the XVI vystavka Tovarishchestva peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok by A. G. Rubinshtein.
Important private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Exhibited: Possibly, XVI vystavka Tovarishchestva peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok, St Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkov, Poltava, Odessa, Kiev, Warsaw, 28 February 1888–5 February 1889.
Possibly, XVII vystavka Tovarishchestva peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok, St Petersburg, Moscow, Astrakhan, Saratov, Kharkov, Poltava, Odessa, Kiev, 26 February 1889–3 January 1890.
Literature: Possibly, G. Romanov, Tovarishchestvo peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok. 1871–1923. Entsiklopediia, St Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2003, p. 111, No. 5–52, listed; p. 118, No. 4–62, listed.
Notes on symbols:
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Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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