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The Courtyard, Illustration for Crime and Punishment by F. Dostoevsky

78. SHMARINOV, DEMENTI (1907-1999)

The Courtyard, Illustration for Crime and Punishment by F. Dostoevsky, signed with initials, also further signed, inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1935-36 on the reverse.

Charcoal and black ink on paper, 37 by 26 cm.
POA

Accompanied by a letter to Lothar Bolz, signed by the artist and dated 1966.

Provenance: The Lothar Bolz collection, Germany.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Russische Graphik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Nuremberg, 22 June–28 August 1977.


Verso of the present lot.
Letter from D. Shmarinov to L. Bolz, 1966.

The Courtyard, Illustration for Crime and Punishment by F. Dostoevsky
The Courtyard, Illustration for Crime and Punishment by F. Dostoevsky

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