LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on canvas

Measurements:

62.99 in. (160.00 cm.) (height) by 78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1933 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art, Soviet Socialist Realist Painting: 1930s-1960s, 12 January - 15 March 1992. Fairfield, CT, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Realism: The Spirit of Soviet Art 1932-1980, 1 April - 17 July 2000. Bloomington, MN, The Museum of Russian Art,. Benchmarks of Soviet Society , 6 March - 30 May 2003. Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art,. Perspectives of Russian Art , 8 April - 5 August 2006. Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art,. Shades of Red , 5 March - 15 September 2011. Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art,. The Art of Collecting , 29 March - 7 September 2014

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue. Soviet Socialist Realist Painting: 1930s-1960s, Oxford: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992, p.41, pl.IX illustrated. M.Cullerne-Bown, a Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters, 1900-80s, London: Izomar, 1998,. illustrated p.263 and on the dust jacket. M.Cullerne-Bown,. Socialist Realist Painting , New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998, p.125, no.130 illustrated. C.Kelly,. Children's World: Growing up in Russia 1890-1991 , New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, p.87 mentioned in the text

Provenance:

The family of the artist. Acquired by the present owners in 1993