LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

73.03 in. (185.50 cm.) (height) by 111.02 in. (282.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic (lower left)

Literature:

"Annual Carnegie Institute Exhibition," American Art News, vol. IX, no. 29, April 29, 1911, p. 4; "A Fair Exhibit," American Art News, vol. X, no. 9, December 9, 1911, p. 7; "Fechin's Clever Canvas," American Art News, vol. X, no. 12, December 30, 1911, p. 1, illustrated; "The Salmagundi Auction Sale of Paintings Will be Held in February," The New York Times, February 4, 1912; "Hearn Art Objects Shown to Public," The New York Times, February 20, 1918, p. 8; "Daubigny Painting Leads Hearn Sale," The New York Times, February 28, 1918, p. 9; "Brooklyn Museum Shows Russian Art," American Art News, vol. XXI, no. 16, January 27, 1923, p. 6; C. Brinton, Exhibition of Russian Paintings and Sculpture, New York, 1923, no. 76; C. Brinton, Special Exhibition of Paintings by Nikolai Fechin, Chicago, 1924, no. 2; H. McCracken, Nicolai Fechin, New York, 1961, p. 8; S. Konenkov, Nicolai Fechin: Documents, Letters, Remembrances about the Artist, Leningrad, 1974, p. 144; M. Balcomb, Nicolai Fechin, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1975, pp. 10-12, illustrated; C. Schroeder, D. Dary, S.H. McGarry, et al., A Western Legacy: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Norman, Oklahoma, 2005, pp. 12, 26, 241; State Tretyakov Gallery, Late 19th Century-Early 20th Century Paintings: Catalogue of the Collection, vol. 5, Moscow, 2005, p. 383; G. Tuluzakova, Nikolai Fechin, St. Petersburg, 2007, pp. 56-57, no. 15, illustrated; State Russian Museum (Palace Editions), Nicolai Fechin, St. Petersburg, 2011, pp. 10 and 47, illustrated

Provenance:

The artist; George A. Hearn, New York, 1911 (acquired from the Fifteenth Annual International Exhibition); Laura Frances Hearn, New York, 1913; Sale: American Art Galleries, New York, Sale of the Collection of the Late George A. Hearn, February 27, 1918, lot 262, illustrated; George B. Wheeler, New York ; Clarkson Cowl, New York; Sale: American Art Galleries, New York, Sale of the Collection of the Late George A. Hearn, May 5, 1932, lot 88; August Sonnin Krebs, Delaware ; Helen Krebs, Santa Fe; National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, 1975 (gifted directly from the above)