LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolour, heightened with white, on paper

Measurements:

25.24 in. (64.10 cm.) (height) by 15.98 in. (40.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and inscribed 'Hélène Polenoff/Moscou' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Chicago, Palace of Fine Arts, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Gallery 19, no. 33.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Revised Catalogue/Department of Fine Arts/With Index of Exhibitors, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, p. 421. The Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Art Department of Washington University, Catalogue Part I/Paintings on Permanent Exhibition/Illustrated, St. Louis, 1901, p. 60-61, illustrated. City Art Museum, St. Louis, Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings/with Biographical Data and Descriptive Notes, St. Louis, 1917, p. 133. City Art Museum, St. Louis, Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings/with Biographical Data and Descriptive Notes, St. Louis, 1924, p. 71.

Provenance:

Purchased by subscription and presented to The Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Art Department of Washington University in 1893. Lent to the City Art Museum, St. Louis. Acquired by the father of the current owner circa 1970.