Lot 70: * MAKSIMOV, KONSTANTIN (1913-1994) Study for the Painting "Meeting of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences"

* MAKSIMOV, KONSTANTIN (1913-1994) Study for the Painting "Meeting of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences" Oil on canvas, 21 by 35.5 cm.
Executed c. 1950–1951.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the early 1990s.
Important private collection, USA.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by V. Swanson, art historian and author of the book Soviet Impressionist Painting , Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008.

The present lot is a study for the 1951 painting Meeting of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences , currently in the collection of the State Russian Museum, executed by a team of artists with Maksimov as its member. The artist, along with the other associates, was awarded in 1952 the Stalin Prize of the third degree for this painting.