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* 3. MALIAVIN, PHILIPPE (1869–1940)

Russian Peasants Singing, signed.

Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 92.5 cm.
50,000-70,000 GBP

Provenance: Russian Art, Sotheby's New York, 23 April 2004, lot 20.
Acquired at the above auction by the previous owner.
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: L'art au service de la paix, Petit Palais-Gèneve, Geneva (label on the reverse of the frame).
Post-Impressionisme (1880-1910), Petit Palais-Gèneve, Geneva, 1 July-30 September 1980 (label on the stretcher).
Russes, Musée de Montmarte, Paris, 20 June-21 September 2003.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, G. Pospelov, Ch. Waligora, Russes, Paris, Fragments Editions, 2003, p. 8, illustrated.



This lot is located in the UK.


Verso of the present lot
The 1980 exhibition label on the stretcher
The present lot as illustrated in the 2003 catalogue

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