27 May 2012
Breaking Wave, signed and dated 1900.
Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 89 cm.
70,000–90,000 GBP
Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner.
Private collection, Austria.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Exhibited: The 29th Exhibition of the Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions, 1901–1902.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, The 29th Exhibition of the Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions, Moscow, 1901,
p. 14, illustrated in black and white.
G. Romanov, Tovarishchestvo peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok. 1871–1923. Entsiklopediya, St Petersburg, 2003, p. 231, No. 18–80, illustrated in black and white, incorrectly dated.
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