5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions
5 June 2013
303. SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915-1987)
The Rape of Europe, signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated "3.IV.1985. Sreda 15 ch.25min" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 122 cm .
50,000–70,000 GBP
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
Literature: Zhitie Vasil’ Yaklicha Sitnikova
napisannoe i narisovannoe im samim, Lordville-
Bozhedomka, 2009, p. 374, illustrated.
The present lot is one of the four versions on
the subject of the rape of Europe, executed in
the “style of Bottero” and possibly painted
with one of Sitnikov’s students Antonina
(Tonika) Kozlova.
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