Lot 180: * NECHITAILO, VASILY (1915-1980), Girl in a Veil, signed, also further signed, inscribed "etiud k kartine", titled in Cyrillic and dated 1974 on the reverse.

* NECHITAILO, VASILY (1915-1980), Girl in a Veil, signed, also further signed, inscribed "etiud k kartine", titled in Cyrillic and dated 1974 on the reverse, Oil on cardboard, laid on cardboard, 101 by 81 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s family by the present owner in Moscow, c. 1998.
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.