LOT DETAILS

Materials:

charcoal and coloured chalks on paper

Measurements:

36.22 in. (92.00 cm.) (height) by 56.69 in. (144.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic, dated '1930' and inscribed 'Kanev' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Moscow, Kuznetsky Most', 2nd Exhibition: Testimonial works of artists dispatched to regions of industrial and kolkhoz development, 1931, probably No. 67

Provenance:

Oskar von Beckerath, a wealthy cloth merchant, Krefeld, Germany (according to labels on verso of backing board) By descent to Leonard von Beckerath, son of the above, 1952