LOT DETAILS

Materials:

sepia ink on paper

Size Notes:

17 by 27cm, 6¾ by 10.5in.

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 1860 l.r., The present work is included in the numbered archive of the artist's work compiled by Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine.

Literature:

G.Caffiero and I.Samarine, Light, Water and Sky: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, London: Alexandria Press, 2012, p.126, pl.46 illustrated; pp.282-283 illustrated and listed as CS-1860-008; G.Caffiero and I.Samarine, Neizvestnyi Aivazovskii: k 200-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, Moscow: SLOVO, 2016, p.336 illustrated and listed as CS-1860-008

Provenance:

Sotheby's London, <em>Russian Pictures</em>, 21 May 2003, lot 18; Acquired at the above sale by the present owner