Lot 2: MAKSIMOV, KONSTANTIN (1913-1994) Night Roses

MAKSIMOV, KONSTANTIN (1913-1994) Night Roses, signed, also further signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1984 on the reverse, also further signed and titled on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 100.5 by 80.5 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Cees Hogendoorn, a prominent collector of Soviet art, in Moscow, early 1990s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in Moscow, December 1993.
Private collection, the Netherlands.

The work is accompanied by a signed photograph of the artist with the painting.