Important European Collection of Russian Art, plus Other Properties
30 May 2020
68. KOTARBINSKY, VASILY (1848–1921)
Mermaid, signed.
Oil on canvas, 62 by 100.5 cm.
15,000–20,000 GBP
Provenance: Important private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Exhibited: Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 16, illustrated.
Related literature: For similar work, see G. Romanov, A. Muratov, Zhivopis russkogo salona. 1850–1917.
Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 16. Entsiklopediia, St Petersburg, Zolotoi vek–Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2004, p. 316, illustrated as Goplana.
The present lot as illustrated in X. Muratova publication.
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