Lot 76
  • 76

Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky
  • The Talented Musician
  • signed in Latin l.l.
  • charcoal and pastel on paper laid on cardboard
  • image size: 43 by 32cm, 17 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired in Riga directly from the artist by the father of the present owner before 1940

Condition

The edges of the paper sheet are even. The cardboard is hinged to the mount with tape along the top edge. The sheet has discoloured slightly. Held in a modern wooden frame under plexiglass. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

An early version of this composition is in the Museum of the Art and Culture of the Russian North, Arkhangelsk, titled Talant i poklonnik (N.Lapidus, Bogdanov-Belsky, Belyi Gorod 2001, p.16 illustrated).