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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
A sketch-book dating from 1872-1875, comprising approximately 120 pencil drawings, seven coloured pencil drawings and two ink drawings including studies for: A Parisian Café, Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, A Newspaper Seller in Paris and Slavic Composers; drawings of literary subjects; portrait sketches; sketches of French and Russian characters; and a self-portrait dated 1873 bound therein authenticated by Vera Repina, the artist's daughter in 1935-36
Details
Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
A sketch-book dating from 1872-1875, comprising approximately 120 pencil drawings, seven coloured pencil drawings and two ink drawings including studies for: A Parisian Café, Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, A Newspaper Seller in Paris and Slavic Composers; drawings of literary subjects; portrait sketches; sketches of French and Russian characters; and a self-portrait dated 1873 bound therein authenticated by Vera Repina, the artist's daughter in 1935-36
signed in Cyrillic and numbered 'Il. Repin/I=70' (on the inside cover)
8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 16 cm.); and smaller: the album 8 x 7¼ in. (21.5 x 18.1 cm.) overall
The sketch-book also contains 15 pages of names and addresses of the artist's models and acquaintances in Paris.
Drawn 1872-1875
A sketch-book dating from 1872-1875, comprising approximately 120 pencil drawings, seven coloured pencil drawings and two ink drawings including studies for: A Parisian Café, Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, A Newspaper Seller in Paris and Slavic Composers; drawings of literary subjects; portrait sketches; sketches of French and Russian characters; and a self-portrait dated 1873 bound therein authenticated by Vera Repina, the artist's daughter in 1935-36
signed in Cyrillic and numbered 'Il. Repin/I=70' (on the inside cover)
8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 16 cm.); and smaller: the album 8 x 7¼ in. (21.5 x 18.1 cm.) overall
The sketch-book also contains 15 pages of names and addresses of the artist's models and acquaintances in Paris.
Drawn 1872-1875
Provenance
Acquired from the artist's daughter, Vera Repina (1872-1948), by the grandfather of the present owner in Stockholm in 1936.
Brought to you by
Alexis de Tiesenhausen
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