Klavdij Vasil'evic Lebedev

Lot 27: Klavdii Lebedev (1852-1916)

Name: Klavdii Lebedev (1852-1916)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 9d09583e11

Est: £70,000 GBP - £90,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 28, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Klavdii Lebedev (1852-1916)
Boyarina
indistinctly signed in Cyrillic 'K Lebe' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 7/8 x 25¾ in. (88.5 x 68 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Klavdij Vasil'evic Lebedev

Exhibited

Possibly, St Petersburg, Historical Museum, Moscow, Obshchestvo pooshreniia khudozhnikov [The Society for the Encouragement of Artists], XL Peredvizhnykk [Itinerant] Exhibition, 26 December 1911-1 April 1912, no. 125.

Literature

Possibly, G. B. Romanov, Tovarischestvo peredvizhnykh khudozhestvennykh vystavok [Society of Itinerant Art Exhibitions] 1871-1923, St Petersburg, 2003, listed p. 376, no. 1-159.

Provenance

Possibly, Mikhail Soloviov, a well-known collector and Director of the Sytin Publishing House, with which Lebedev collaborated and contributed to as an illustrator.

Notes

'Lebedev shone with his 'embroidery', the jewellery and the satin and silk fabrics of his beloved Boyaryni...'

-Golos Moskvy [The Voice of Moscow], 27 December 1910

PROPERTY OF A GREEK COLLECTOR

Auction Details

Russian Art

Christie's

May 28, 2012, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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