Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Alexander Konstantinovich Bogomazov
Portrait of Wanda Monastyrska, the Artist's Wife
Lot Closed
June 8, 02:25 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Alexander Konstantinovich Bogomazov
1880 - 1930
Portrait of Wanda Monastyrska, the Artist's Wife
bearing a Modernism Gallery label on the backing board
pastel on brown paper
Sheet: 35.5 by 27.5cm, 14 by 10 ¾ in.
Framed: 66 by 56.5cm, 26 by 22 ¼ in.
Executed circa 1914
Private collection, London
Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The present pastel dates from around the same time as Bogomazov's treatise Painting and Elements, completed in August 1914. It depicts the bohemian Wanda with her hair kept in two buns over the ears.
We would like to thank James Butterwick for providing additional cataloguing information.