LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.09 in. (112.00 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1969, also further signed, inscribed in Cyrillic "Kharkov", titled and dated on the reverse

Exhibited:

Contemporary Soviet Paintings. Rich Nature Stream, Gekkoso Gallery, Yokohama, 19–24 November 1974.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Soviet Paintings. Rich Nature Stream, Tokyo, Gekkoso Gallery, 1974, p. 43, No. 107, illustrated.

Provenance:

With the Ukrainian department of the Art Fund of the USSR, Kharkov (label on the reverse).Acquired directly from the artist’s studio by Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, early 1970s.Acquired from the above by the previous owner in Tokyo, before 1989. Private collection, Japan.