Lot Essay
This work depicts 9 Quai d'Anjou, Paris, where the artist Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) lived from 1846-1863. The pont de Sully is also visible in the background.
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House on the embankment
Details
Robert Falk (1886-1958)
House on the embankment
signed 'Falk' (lower right) and further signed with Cyrillic initial 'F.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 23 5/8 in. (80.5 x 60 cm.)
Painted in 1929
House on the embankment
signed 'Falk' (lower right) and further signed with Cyrillic initial 'F.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 23 5/8 in. (80.5 x 60 cm.)
Painted in 1929
Provenance
Gift from the artist's widow, Angelina Shchekin-Krotova, to the husband of the present owner in 1961.
Literature
D. V. Sarabianov, J. V. Didenko, Paintings of Robert Falk. Catalogue raisoneé, Moscow, 2006, no. 717, illustrated p. 517.
Exhibited
Moscow, Central House of Labourers in Art in the USSR, Vystavka rabot khudozhnika R. R. Falka [An exhibition of works by the artist R. R. Falk], 1939, possibly no. 7 (Landscape).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present lot was a gift from the artist's widow, Angelina Shchekin-Krotova to the husband of the present owner in 1961.
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