LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.20 in. (64.00 cm.) (height) by 17.20 in. (43.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 'V. Vasnetsov/1914.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, The Russian Art Exhibition, 1924, no. 811 (label and stamp on the stretcher).

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, The Russian Art Exhibition, New York, 1924, illustrated p. [1], listed p. [62], no. 811. N. Morgunov & N. Morgunova-Rudnitskaia, Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov: Zhizn' i Tvorchestvo [Life and Work], Moscow, 1962, listed p. 442 as Strazh [The guard], measurements incorrect.

Provenance:

Acquired by the present owner in Osaka circa 1980s.