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4 December 2024

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Variations in Black

*§ 27. ANNENKOV, GEORGES (1889-1974)

Variations in Black, signed.

Oil and collage with wood and metal on board, 122.5 by 61 cm.
45,000-60,000 GBP

Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons, Sotheby’s Olympia, 20 November 2003.
Acquired at the above auction by the present owner.

Exhibited: A Time to Gather... Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, 14 February–12 May 2008; Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Moscow, June–July 2008.

Literature: A.Tolstoy, “Abstract Compositions of Yuri Annenkov”, Pinakotheke, No. 22-23, 2006, p. 240, no. 10, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, A Time to Gather... Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, St Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2007, p. 204, pl. 143, illustrated and listed.




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Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.