Details
Evgeni Lanceray (1875-1946)
Un coin perdu de Tiflis
signed in Cyrillic and dated '7-8 June 1924/E. Lansere' (lower right); with inscription and number '5. Tiflis/Un coin perdu de la Ville' (on the mount)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with chalk, on paper
18 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. (47.3 x 35.2 cm.)
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Professor Nikolai Okunev (1885-1949) (stamp on the backboard).
Acquired from the grandson of the above by the present owner circa 1990.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Retrospektivní vystavy Ruského malírství XVIII.-XX. stol. [Retrospective exhibition of 18th-20th century Russian painting], Prague, 1935, illustrated p. [79], no. 19, listed pp. 38 and 55 as Ulicka v dagestanské vesnicce (incorrect measurements and date).
Exhibited
Prague, Slovansky Ústav, Retrospektivní vystavy Ruského malírství XVIII.-XX. stol. [Retrospective exhibition of Russian paintings 18th-20th centuries], 1935, no. 218 (label attached to the backboard, no. 162).
Prague, Exhibition of early 20th century Russian drawings, Prague Exhibition Centre, 1971, no. 24.