The village cemetery

Details

Maria Iakunchikova (1870-1902)
The village cemetery
watercolour and gouache, with gum arabic in places, on paper partially laid down on card
8 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (22.5 x 37.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1890

Provenance

The family of the artist.
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present work is the original watercolour for an engraving entitled The village cemetery (see M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Moscow, 1979, p. 56, illustrated, p. 167). Iakunchikova, keen to explore the possibilities of colour engraving, was one of the first Russian artists to experiment with this medium.

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