Russian Pictures

ILYA EFIMOVICH REPIN |Study for Procession in an Oak Forest

Auction Closed

June 4, 12:47 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ILYA EFIMOVICH REPIN

1844-1930

Study for Procession in an Oak Forest

signed in Cyrillic and dated 1878 l.m.; further inscribed by Vera Repina on the reverse

oil on board

23.5 by 14cm, 9¼ by 5½in.

Eva Miller, widow of a Czech diplomat in Finland in the early 20th century

A.I. Zamoshkin, 'Neopublikovannye risunki i etyudy I.E. Repina', Iskusstvo, 1947, no.6, pp. 83-84 mentioned in the text

V.Fiala, Repinovo 'Procesi' z Hradce Kralove, Prague, 1960, p.101 mentioned in the text

V.Fiala, Russkaya zhivopis' v sobraniyakh Chekhoslovakii, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974, pp.125-126, no.373 listed with incorrect medium

The present work is a study for Procession in an Oak Forest (1877-1924) now at the Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. In the finished painting the present figure can be seen towards the centre.