4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions

4 June 2014

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Man Carrying a Basket

132. YAKOVLEV, ALEXANDER (1887-1938)

Man Carrying a Basket, signed and dated 1937.

Oil on canvasboard, 87 by 56 cm.
12,000-18,000 GBP


Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, No. 11543 (label on the stretcher).
Russian Pictures, Sotheby’s London, 19 November 2003, lot 152.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert E. Yakovleva.

Exhibited: Paintings and Drawings by the Late Alexandre Iacovleff Just Received from his Paris Estate, The Vose Galleries, Boston, 5–24 January 1948.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Paintings and Drawings by the Late Alexandre Iacovleff Just Received from his Paris Estate, Boston, The Vose Galleries, No. 19.


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§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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