25 - 28 November 2012 Russian Art Auctions

25 November 2012

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Portrait of Vladimir Stasov

* 191. REPIN, ILYA (1844–1930)

Portrait of Vladimir Stasov, signed, inscribed in Cyrillic “S fotogr. 1895”, inscribed in Cyrillic with a dedication to Nikolai Fedorovich Findeizen and dated 1916; further stamped “Redaktsia Russkoi Muzyk. gaz. Petrograd 2 rota 16” on the reverse.

Pencil and ink on paper, 50 by 33 cm.
25,000–35,000 GBP


Provenance: Gift from the artist to N. Findeizen, publisher and editor of Russkaya muzykal'naya gazeta.
Private collection, Europe.

Literature: Russkaya muzykal'naya gazeta, No. 41, 9 October 1916, p. 722, illustrated.


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