Robert Rafaelovich Falk

Gift from the artist's widow to the father of the present owner in 1972

Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok Picture Gallery, Robert Falk, 1967, no.94
Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Robert Falk, Zeichnungen und Gemälde, 1986, no.54

Exhibition catalogue Robert Falk, Zeichnungen und Gemälde, Dresden: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, p.16, no.54, listed as Baumwiese
D.Sarabianov and Yu.Didenko, Zhivopis' Roberta Fal'ka. Polnyi katalog proizvedenii, Moscow: Elysium Gallery, 2006, p.768, no.1150 illustrated b/w

Original canvas. There are frame abrasions with minor associated paint loss along all four edges. There are scattered flecks of paint loss. There is a layer of surface dirt with yellow spots in places. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any obvious signs of retouching. Held in a simple white wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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This painting was given by Angelina Shchekin-Krotova, Falk's widow, to the father of the present owner, a photographer who worked with Dmitri Sarabianov on the Falk monograph published in 1974.