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ILYA EFIMOVICH REPIN | STUDY FOR PROCESSION IN AN OAK FOREST

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June 2, 01:37 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ILYA EFIMOVICH REPIN

1844-1930

STUDY FOR PROCESSION IN AN OAK FOREST


signed in Cyrillic and dated 1878 l.m.; further inscribed by Vera Repina on the reverse

oil on board

Board: 23.5 by 14cm, 9¼ by 5½in.

Framed: 31 by 22.5cm, 12¼ by 8¾in.


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Eva Miller, widow of a Czech diplomat in Finland in the early 20th century

A.I. Zamoshkin, 'Neopublikovannye risunki i etyudy I.E. Repina', Iskusstvo, 1947, no.6, pp.83-84 mentioned in the text

V.Fiala, Repinovo 'Procesi' z Hradce Kralove, Prague, 1960, p.101 mentioned in the text

V.Fiala, Russkaya zhivopis' v sobraniyakh Chekhoslovakii, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974, pp.125-126, no.373 listed with incorrect medium

The present work is a study for Procession in an Oak Forest (1877-1924) now at the Gallery of Modern Art in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. In the finished painting the present figure can be seen towards the centre.