8 June 2016 Russian Art and Photography Auctions
8 June 2016
* 85. POKHITONOV, IVAN (1850-1923)
Hunter in the Forest
Oil on canvas, 55.5 by 46 cm.
50,000-70,000 GBP
Executed c. 1875.
Provenance: Collection of Eugénie von Wulfert and Boris Wulfert-Pokhitonov, Belgium.
Thence by descent.
Important Russian Pictures Including the Somov Collection, Christie’s London, 28 November 2007, lot 296.
Authenticity certificate from the expert Olivier Bertrand.
Literature: O. Bertrand, Ivan Pokhitonov. Catalogue raisonné of works, vol. I, Luxembourg, Belart International Editions, 2015, p. 155, No. C 1, illustrated and listed.
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