Petr Fedorovic Sokolov

Lot 512: Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)

Name: Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 070f11e0d3

Est: £20,000 GBP - £30,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 12, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Piotr Sokolov (1787-1848)
Portrait of a lieutenant colonel of the cavalry
signed in Cyrillic 'Socolow' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
6¾ x 5¼ in. (17.2 x 13.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1840

Artist or Maker

Petr Fedorovic Sokolov

Exhibited

Moscow, Tretyakov Gallery, July-August 1988; this exhibition later travelled to Leningrad, The Hermitage, August-September 1988.
Moscow, Museum of Private Collections, Pushkin's Contemporaries: 100 Portraits in Watercolour from a Parisian Collection, May - July 1999. Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 'I see myself as if in a mirror...' Contemporaries of A. C. Pushkin in the Portraits of P. F. Sokolov, 2003, no. 179.

Literature

M. Baruch & I. Sakhalova, Russian Portraits in Watercolour, 1825-1855, Paris, 1994, pp. 151 and 152, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Piotr Feodorovich Sokolov. Russian intimate Portraits, Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 2003, illustrated p. 138, no. 179.

Provenance

G. Basmadjian, Paris.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Auction Details

Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

Christie's

October 12, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

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

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