Martiros Sarian

The artist

Dr Misak Harutyunyan, Yerevan, acquired as a gift from the above circa 1965

Thence by descent to his grandson

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

Moscow, Golubaya Roza (The Blue Rose), 1907, no. 65 (titled Oazis. Vliublionnye )

Yerevan, First Spring Exhibition, 1924, no. 238

Zolotoe Runo / La toison d’or, 1907, no. 5, p. 16, illustrated b/w (titled U dereva s granatami / Sous l’arbe aux grenades)

“Spisok rabot M. S. Sar’yana”, Apollon, 1913, no. 9, p. 19, listed under works from 1905 (titled Oazis)

A.Kamensky, Martiros Saryan: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Book Illustrations, Theatrical Design, Connecticut: Sphinx Press; Leningrad: Aurora, 1988, no. 32, pp. 280-281 listed and illustrated b/w (titled Oasis. Lovers and incorrectly dated to 1907)

Shahen Khachaturian, Martiros Sarian, Canada, 2001, p. 62, illustrated b/w (titled Oasis, incorrectly dated to 1907)

Shahen Khachaturian, Sarian 1880-1972, Samara: Agni, 2003, p. 142, illustrated b/w (titled Oasis - Lovers and incorrectly dated to 1906)

Shahen Khachaturian, Martiros Sarian. Izbrannoe, Yerevan: Printinfo, 2009, p. 98, illustrated b/w (titled Oazis. Vlyublyonnye and incorrectly dated to 1906)

Chahen Khatchatourian, Martiros Sarian 1880-1972, Paris: Thalia, 2009, p. 94, illustrated b/w (titled Oasis. Amoureux and incorrectly dated to 1906)