Important European Collection of Russian Art, plus Other Properties

30 May 2020

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Portrait of the Artist's Wife

40. SOKOLOV-SKALYA, PAVEL (1899–1961)

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, signed, also further signed in Cyrillic and dated "20–30 g.g." on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 147 by 109.5 cm.
15,000–30,000 GBP

Provenance: Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie's South Kensington, 5 April 2006, lot 167.
Important private collection, Europe.

Exhibited: 60 chefs-d’œuvre de l’École russe. Le nu en peinture 1900/1970, Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes, 23 October 2010–30 January 2011.
Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Fondazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Neizvestnaia Rossiia, Salle d'exposition du Quai Antoine Ier, Monaco, 25 June–27 August 2015.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, 60 chefs-d’œuvre de l’École russe. Le nu en peinture 1900/1970, Cannes, Centre d’art La Malmaison, 2010, p. 41, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 78, illustrated.
X. Muratova, Neizvestnaia Rossiia. Russkoe iskusstvo pervoi poloviny XX veka, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2015, p. 253, No. 204, illustrated.

The present lot as illustrated in X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 78.

The present lot as illustrated in X. Muratova, Neizvestnaia Rossiia. Russkoe iskusstvo pervoi poloviny XX veka, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2015, p. 252, No. 327.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Portrait of the Artist's Wife

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* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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