LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on oilcloth

Measurements:

43.62 in. (110.80 cm.) (height) by 34.61 in. (87.90 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Probably, Paris, The Louvre, Nico Pirosmani , 1969

Literature:

T. Tabidze et al., Nico Phirosmanichvily, Tiflis, 1926, illustrated, listed pp. 143, 169 and 188, no. 98. K. Zdanevich, Niko Pirosminashvili , Moscow, 1964, p. 46, illustrated p. [43], listed pp. 113 and 126, no. 97, size incorrect. K. Zdanevich, Niko Pirosmanishvili , Tbilisi, 1965, listed p. 108, no. 98. E. Kuznetsov, Niko Pirosmanishvili, Leningrad, 1984, illustrated p. 310. N. Kobiashvili, We are in search of Pirosmani , Tbilisi, 2004, illustrated on the cover and p. 81, visible in a photo on p. 170 and endpapers, mentioned on multiple pages. E. Kuznetsov, Pirosmani. Biografiia [ Biography ], St Petersburg, 2012, p. 181, listed p. 346

Provenance:

Nicolas Bayadze, Tiflis, until circa 1920s. Acquired from the above by Kirill Zdanevich (1894-1975). Acquired from the above by the Soviet Government or the Union of Soviet Writers, probably on the advice of Lily Brik (1891-1978), Moscow. A gift from the above to Louis Aragon (1897-1982) in 1957 on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Private collection, Moscow. Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 17 April 2007, lot 366. Private collection, Europe. Anonymous sale; MacDougall’s, London, 10 June 2010, lot 248. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner