Lot 172: TKACHEV, SERGEI and TKACHEV, ALEKSEI (B. 1922 and B. 1925), Hill Covered with Flowers, signed by A. Tkachev, also further signed by S. Tkachev, inscribed in Cyrillic "Etyud k kartine "Na drevnem Vshchizhe" and dated 1984 on the reverse.

TKACHEV, SERGEI and TKACHEV, ALEKSEI (B. 1922 and B. 1925), Hill Covered with Flowers, signed by A. Tkachev, also further signed by S. Tkachev, inscribed in Cyrillic "Etyud k kartine "Na drevnem Vshchizhe" and dated 1984 on the reverse, Oil on cardboard, 35 by 49.5 cm.
The present lot is a study for the A. and S. Tkachev painting In the Ancient Vshchizh , presently in the collection of the Tkachev Brothers Museum, Bryansk.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artists by Stefano Pirra in Moscow, c. 1995-2000.
Galleria Pirra, Turin (label on the backing board).

Literature: Aleksej e Sergej Tkacev , Turin, Galleria Pirra, 2002, p. 87, No. T/226, illustrated.