Russian Pictures

Konstantin Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky

Boy with a String of Onions

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Konstantin Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky

1906-1997

Boy with a String of Onions

signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated nachalo 30-kh godov on the reverse

oil on canvas

Canvas: 48.5 by 39.5cm, 19 by 15¾in.

Framed: 61 by 52cm, 24 by 20½in.

Acquired directly from the artist by the mother of the present owner in the late 1980s

Exhibition catalogue The Russian Way, London, 2005, p.95 illustrated and listed

Exhibition catalogue Russian Avant-Garde from the Collection of the Jerlitsyns and Zarskaja, Sopot: Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki, 2012, p.86 illustrated

London, The Russian Way, 2005

Sopot, State Gallery of Art, Russian Avant-Garde from the Collection of the Jerlitsyns and Zarskaja, 6 June - 23 September 2012

Lots 110-118 by Konstantin Rozhdestvensky come from the same collection and were acquired by the mother of the present owner. For the full history of their acquisition please see the catalogue note for the Self-Portrait, lot 114.