LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
25.20 in. (64.00 cm.) (height) by 17.20 in. (43.70 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'V. Vasnetsov/1914.' (lower left)
Exhibited:
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, The Russian Art Exhibition, 1924, no. 811 (label and stamp on the stretcher).
Literature:
Exhibition catalogue, The Russian Art Exhibition, New York, 1924, illustrated p. [1], listed p. [62], no. 811. N. Morgunov & N. Morgunova-Rudnitskaia, Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov: Zhizn' i Tvorchestvo [Life and Work], Moscow, 1962, listed p. 442 as Strazh [The guard], measurements incorrect.
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner in Osaka circa 1980s.