Aristarkh Vasilevich Lentulov

Yakov Evseevich Rubenstein, Russia
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, circa 1981

Tallinn, Fine Art Museum of the Republic of Talinn, Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours by Russian Artists of the first third of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Ya.E. Rubenstein and T.S. Zhegalova, 1966 (travelling exhibition, visiting Moscow, Novosibirsk, Alma-Ata and Lvov among others)

Exhibition catalogue for Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours by Russian Artists from the first third of the Twentieth Century from the Collection of Ya.E. Rubenstein and T.S. Zhegalova, Tallinn, 1966, p.10;  Novosibirsk, 1967, p.9;  Alma-Ata, 1967, p.17 

The paper is slightly discoloured in line with age. There are spots of foxing in the sky. There is a horizontal crease and a vertical crease across the center of the composition and a diagonal crease near the center as well. There are minor spots of paint loss near this diagonal crease. There are some minor stains to the surface. Held in a wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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Executed in 1917.