4 June 2014
Still Life with Flowers in a Clay Pot.
Oil on canvas, 65.5 by 54.5 cm.
120,000-180,000 GBP
Executed in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
Provenance: Collection of the artist (inscription on the reverse).
Collection of Solomon Shuster, St Petersburg (inscription on the stretcher).
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed the expert V. Petrov.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert I. Geraschenko.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert T. Ermakova.
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.