5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions
5 June 2013
* 487. BEKHTEEV, VLADIMIR (1878-1971)
Mythological Composition, signed with initials.
Pencil on paper, 33 by 20.5 cm
7,000–9,000 GBP
Executed in the late 1910s–early 1920s.
Provenance: Collection of N. Giber, the artist’s nephew, St Petersburg.
Important private collection, Europe.
Literature: D. Kogan, Vladimir Bekhteev, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik,
1977, p. 222, listed; p. 223, illustrated in black and white.
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