6 October 2021
Bathers, signed.
Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 81.5 cm.
7,000–9,000 GBP
Provenance: Collection of Princess Marina Kropotkina.
A gift from above to the previous owner, c.1967.
Russian Paintings and Works of Art, Christie’s New York, 18 April 2007, lot 90.
Important private collection, Europe.
Exhibited: Les artistes russes hors frontière, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris, 21 July–31 October 2010.
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.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, A. Hofmann, V. Hofmann, G. Khatsenkov, Les artistes russes hors frontière, Paris, Edition Paradox, 2010, p. 99, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, 60 chefs-d’œuvre de l’École russe. Le nu en peinture 1900–1970, Cannes, Centre d’art La Malmaison, 2010, p. 16, illustrated.
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