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Lot 58: Pavel Petrovich Ivanov (called Mak) (Russian, 1891-1967) Nude beauty

Est: £7,000 GBP - £9,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 08, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Nude beauty
signed in Latin and inscribed '1945/Bruxelles' (lower right)
oil on canvas
73 x 60cm (28 3/4 x 23 5/8in).

Artist or Maker

Notes


PROVENANCE:
With Jordaens Gallery, Place d'Armes, Gent
Gallery Horta, Brussels, Sale 27 May 1997
Acquired from the above by the family of the artist

EXHIBITED:
Gent, Jordaens Gallery, Exhibition 1-14 December 1945

The model in the offered portrait is Lydia Dourdina, a Parisian couture model and actress and later the artist's mistress, but Mak made various modifications to the face of his sitter so as to preserve her modesty during exhibition of the work.

Auction Details

The Russian sale

by
Bonhams
June 08, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK