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Property from a Private Collection, London

Leonid Pasternak

Portrait of Tolstoy against a Stormy Sky

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, London

Leonid Pasternak

1862 - 1945

Portrait of Tolstoy against a Stormy Sky


signed in Cyrillic and dated 1901 l.r., indistinctly inscribed and dated 10/VI l.l.

charcoal, pastel, watercolour and wash on paper

Sheet: 31 by 29.5cm, 12¼ by 11½in.

Framed: 46 by 39cm, 18 by 15¼in.

Private collection, Riga
Christie's London, Icons, Russian Pictures and Works of Art, 6 March 1986, lot 153
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
C.Bialik, M.Osborn, L.Pasternak: His Life and Work, Berlin: Stybel, 1924, no.48 illustrated b/w
M.Osborn, Leonid Pasternak, Warschau: Stybel, 1932, p.61 illustrated b/w
P.Mark, The Family Pasternak, Geneva: Éditions Poésie Vivante, 1975, p.73 illustrated b/w
L.Pasternak, J. Pasternak, The Memoirs of Leonid Pasternak, London: Quartet Books, 1982 illustrated b/w
R.Salys, Leonid Pasternak, The Russian Years: 1875-1921. A Critical Study and Catalogue, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, vol.I, p.60, no.22 listed; vol.II, p.67, no.22 illustrated b/w
J.Bowlt, N.Lobanov-Rostovsky, N.Lobanov-Rostovsky, Encyclopedia of Russian Stage Design, 1880-1930, London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2013, p.313, no.805 listed and illustrated