MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 27-30 May 2012

27 May 2012

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Breaking Wave

106. DUBOVSKOY, NIKOLAI (1859-1918)

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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