25 - 28 November 2012 Russian Art Auctions
25 November 2012
§ 342. MAREVNA, MARIE (1892–1984)
Portrait of an Old Peasant Woman and Patients, four works, all signed, one inscribed and one dated 1942.
One pencil and watercolour on paper, the others pencil on paper, the largest measuring 32 by 25 cm (image size) and the smallest 18.5 by 15.5 cm.
3,000–5,000 GBP
To be sold with a notebook of pencil drawings by Marevna and her daughter, Marika Rivera, dated 1929; seven letters from Marevna to Dr Raoul and Juliette Germain and two letters from Marika to the Germain children; a press cutting and the brochure Marevna. Extraits de presse, Galerie Claude, Paris, 1953.
Provenance: Collection of Dr Raoul Germain, France.
Collection of Claude Bernès, France.
Private collection, France (except for Portrait of an Old Peasant Lady).
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
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.