LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil, collage, glass, bell-push and plaster on canvas

Measurements:

26.38 in. (67.00 cm.) (height) by 22.83 in. (58.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Iu. Annenkov./1922.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Petrograd, The Anichkov Palace, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art], 8 May-2 June 1922, no. 12. Venice, USSR Pavilion, XIV International Biennale Exhibition, 1924.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art], 1922, no. 12, listed p. 1, no. 12.E. Zamyatin, M. Kuzmin and M. Babenchikov, Iurii Annenkov. Portrety [Portraits], St Petersburg, 1922, listed p. 153. U. Nebbia, La Quattordicesima esposizione d'arte a Venezia-1924, Bergamo, 1924, visible in the photograph p. 160, p. 163. A. Lunacharskii (ed.), Krasnaia [Red] Niva, Moscow, 17 August 1924, no. 33, p. 790, illustrated p. 790, no. 33. V. Endicott Barnett, ‘The Russian Presence in the 1924 Venice Biennale’, The Great Utopia. The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932, New York, 1992, visible in a photograph p. 471, p. 469.G. Romanov, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art], St Petersburg-Moscow, 2010, listed p. 47.

Provenance:

The sitter.By descent to his daughter, Nina Tikhonova (1910-1995).By repute, Drouot Auction House, Paris, circa 1980s. The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 5 October 1989, lot 424.Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.The property of an important European collector; Christie's, London, 28 November 2007, lot 379.Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.