Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from a Private Collection, Czech Republic
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.’