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Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin
  • One of the Old Jewish Tombs near Jerusalem
  • bears American Art Association stamp on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 26.5 by 34.5cm, 10 1/2 by 13 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1883-1884

Provenance

American Art Galleries, New York, The Vassili Verestchagin Collection, 17 November 1891, lot 32, sold for $110
J.W.Brown, Brooklyn, New York, acquired at the above sale
American Art Association, Estate sale of J.W. Brown, New York, 15 March 1906, lot 16
Private Collection, New England

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Geïllustreerde Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen van Wasily Wereschagin, 1887, no.53
London, Grosvenor Gallery, Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin, 1887, no.34
New York, American Art Galleries, Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin, November-December 1888, no.32 (travelling exhibition, visiting Chicago, St Louis, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston et al.)

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Geïllustreerde Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen van Wasily Wereschagin, Amsterdam, 1887, p.26, no.53 listed
Exhibition catalogue Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin, Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue, London, 1887, p.30, no.34 listed
Exhibition catalogue Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin, Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue, New York: American Art Galleries, 1888, p.30, no.32 listed