Lot 12
  • 12

Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
  • Snow, Bressoux
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on panel
  • 15 by 21cm, 6 by 8 1/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1894-1900

Provenance

T.Radoux, Belgium
Collection of Dr Charles Mathieu, Liège
The Nadin Collection, Liège
Private collection, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Liège, Palais des Beaux-Arts, XXième salon de l'Oeuvre des artistes, 9 May - 26 June 1908, no.174 Le Champ de manoeuvres (effet de neige)
Liège, Cercle des Beaux-Arts, Iwan Pokitonow, 16 - 30 April 1910, no.45 Le Champ de manoeuvres à Bressoux, Effet de neige
Liège, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Parc de la Boverie, Société Royale des Beaux-Arts. Salon Triennal de 1924, 10 May - 29 June 1924, no.54, Champ de manoeuvres

Literature

'Chronique des Beaux-Arts', La Meuse, Liège, 5 May 1908, no.215, p.4
'Au Palais des Beaux-Arts', La Meuse, Liège, 13 May 1908
'Au Pays de Liège', La Gazette de Liège, Liège, 14 May 1908, p.2
'Au Palais des Beaux-Arts', Journal de Liège, Liège, 15 May 1908
'Au Palais des Beaux-Arts à Liège', La Dépêche, Liège, 20 May 1908
'Au Cercle des Beaux-Arts', Journal de Liège, Liège, 23 April 1910
E.Witmeur, 'Un peintre russe, chantre de la Wallonie. Catalogue des oeuvres d'Ivan Pavlovitch Pokhitonov se rapportant au pays wallon', La Vie Wallonne, Liège, 15 March 1924, XLV, 9, p.362

Condition

The panel is ever so slightly bowed. There are minor frame abrasions at the edges and corners and there is a small fleck of paint loss in the centre of the left edge and another just to the left of the centre of the right edge. There is a light layer of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a black painted, carved wood period frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The present lot will be included in the third volume of the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Olivier Bertrand and is accompanied by his signed certificate.