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Property from a Private Collection, Czech Republic

VASILY DMITRIEVICH POLENOV | NUDE

Auction Closed

November 26, 01:34 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

VASILY DMITRIEVICH POLENOV

1844-1927

NUDE


signed with a monogram l.l.

oil on canvas laid on board

43.5 by 29.5cm, 17¼ by 11½in.

V.Fiala, Russkaya zhivopis' v sobraniyakh Chekhoslovakii, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974, p.113, no.320 listed as Etyud obnazhennoy zhenshchiny

Fiala describes the present lot thus: ‘A young woman, turned to the right, almost in profile, is seated on an elevated structure covered with vermilion-coloured drapery. She leans back resting on her right hand. The framing of the painting cuts the figure off just above the knees. The background is a warm grey tone. The sense of volume has been flattened.’