Lot 129: Tatyana Nilova Yablonskaya (1917-1989)

Harvesting Wheat in The New Lands

oil on canvas

signed verso; also with exhibition stamp on reverse

142 by 132cm., 56 by 52in.

Russia's main agricultural region extends from the Central district in European Russia,bordering Ukraine and Belarus, to western Siberia 3,000 miles to the east. Of thecountry's nearly 200 million hectares of agricultural land, roughly 120 million is plantedto grow crops (chiefly grains, annual or perennial forages, sunflowers, potatoes, andvegetables) or temporary lying fallow. Wheat, a most important crop for Russia duringthe 1930s-1970s accounted for over half of its grain production with an average annualoutput of about 40 million tons.