2 Alexander Bogomazov Forest. Boyarka 3 Alexander Bogomazov Self Portrait 4 Alexander Bogomazov Caucasus 5 Ilya Chashnik The Seventh Dimension 6 Vasily Ermilov Composition with letters 7 Vasily Ermilov 10th anniversary Exhibition of Books and Press of the 8 L’Arbre Rose Printemps 9 Natalia Goncharova Spanish Woman 10 Boris Grigoriev A Street in Paris 11 Boris Grigoriev Dachnitsa 12 Boris Grigoriev Woman peering behind the screen 13 Pyotr Konchalovsky Pines 14 Alexander Kuprin Still Life with a Sculpture of B. D. Korolev 15 Mikhail Larionov Young Jester 16 Vera Pestel Constructivist Composition 17 Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin Cafe |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||18 Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin The Artist’s Daughter Elena 19 Liubov Popova Painterly architectronic 20 Liubov Popova Painterly architectronic 21 Alexander Rusakov Still Life with a Samovar and a Flower 22 Pictorial Architecture 23 Alexander Volkov Nude in a Mountainous Landscape 24 Alexander Volkov Golgotha 25 Alexander Volkov Eastern Fantasy 26 Mikhail Vrubel Portrait of Vova Mamontov reading

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Alexander Bogomazov Forest. Boyarka 1880-1930 1915

Sanguine on paper, 32 x 26 cm Signed and dated lower right ‘1915 A. B.’

Provenance ▪ The family of the artist, Kiev ▪ S. I. Grigoriants, Moscow

Illustrated ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

Exhibited ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

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Alexander Bogomazov Self Portrait 1880-1930 1914-15

Oil on canvas, 34 x 33 cm.

Provenance ▪ The family of the artist, Kiev ▪ S. I. Grigoriants, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Alexander Bogomazov’, Kiev 1992 ‘Alexander Bogomazov’, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 2008

Illustrated ‘Alexander Bogomazov’, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 2008, page 39

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Alexander Bogomazov Caucasus 1880-1930 1915

Oil on canvas, 35 x 32 cm. Signed and dated lower right ‘1915 A. B.’

Provenance ▪ The Family of the Artist, Kiev.

Exhibited ‘Alexander Bogomazov’, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 2008

Illustrated ‘Alexander Bogomazov’, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 2008, page 42 ‘Ukrainian avant garde art 1910-1930’, Mistetsvo publishers, 1996, cat. no. 93 and on dust cover

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Ilya Chashnik The Seventh Dimension 1902-1929 1921-22 Suprematist stripe relief design

India ink and watercolour, 20 x 24.5 cm.

Provenance ▪ The Artist’s Family ▪ Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York ▪ Hiscox Collection, London

Exhibited ‘Ilya Chashnik’, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Nov 2 1979- March 15 1980, cat no. 31 ‘Ilya Chashnik and the Russian Avant Garde Abstraction and Beyond’, Archer Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, April 10 – May 24 1981, cat no.16 ‘Russian drawings and watercolours’, Luca Baroni Gallery, London, 1st – 22nd June 2011, cat no. 48

Illustrated ‘Russian drawings and watercolours’, Luca Baroni Gallery, London, 1st – 22nd June 2011, cat no. 48, p 111

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Vasily Ermilov Composition with letters 1894-1968 1915

Gouache and pencil on paper, 54.6 x 36.5 cm

Provenance ▪ Irina Yakovlevna Ermilov, the artist’s widow ▪ Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York ▪ Acquired from the above in 1991

Exhibited ‘Vasily Dmitrevich Ermilov’, Leonard Hutton, New York, April 27th-June 8th 1990, no. 5 p.2 illustrated. ‘Russian Art from a Private collection’, The Baltimore Museum Of Art, March 5th –April 14th 1991.

Illustrated ‘Ukrainian avant garde art 1910-1930’, Mistetsvo publishers, 1996, cat. no. 217

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Vasily Ermilov 10th anniversary of October Exhibition 1894-1968 of Books and Press of the Ukraine 1927

Watercolour on paper, 33.5 x 23.5 cm

Provenance ▪ Irina Yakovlevna Ermilov, the artist’s widow ▪ Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York

Exhibited ‘Vasily Dmitrevich Ermilov’, Leonard Hutton, New York, April 27th-June 8th 1990, no. 5 p.2 illustrated.

Illustrated ‘Galleria on Park’, Laura Duggan, Daily News, New York, February 15th 1991.

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Natalia Goncharova L’Arbre Rose Printemps 1881-1962 1912

Gouache on paper, 26 x 17 cm Signed lower right ‘N. Gontcharova’

Provenance ▪ Anna Tomilina, Larionov’s wife, Paris ▪ David Hughes and Co., London, circa 1965 ▪ Private collection, Italy ▪ Julian Barran, London

Exhibited ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Maestri Stranieri’, M. Botello, Turin, 1968

Illustrated ‘Maestri Stranieri’, M. Botello, Turin, 1968 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Natalia Goncharova Spanish Woman 1881-1962 c.1916

Pencil on paper, 50 x 33 cm Signed lower right ‘N. Gontcharova’ And in verso ‘No. 29, Ispanka, Gontcharowa, 43 Rue de Seine, Paris (6-e)’

Provenance ▪ The artist, Paris ▪ Acquired from the artist by a private collector, Paris ▪ Julian Barran, London

Exhibited ‘Exposition des Oeuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow’, Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, 1919. cat. No 204 ‘First Russian Exhibition of Arts and Crafts’, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1921 cat. No 29. University of Birmingham, curated by Sergei Konovalov, 1929, title of exhibition unknown. ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Russian Artists in Emigration’, A. Tolstoy, Art of the 21st Century Publishing House, 2005 Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Sale Catalogue, London, 2010, lot 39

Illustrated ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Boris Grigoriev A Street in Paris 1866-1939 1913

Tempera and pencil on paper, 25 x 35.5 cm

Signed and dated lower left ‘BG Paris 1913’

and in verso ‘Paris Street’

Provenance

▪ A.E.Burtsev, St. Petersburg 1913

▪ Maksim Bokser, Moscow ▪ Expertise of Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Boris Grigoriev’, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2011 ‘Boris Grigoriev’, , Moscow, 2011, cat No. 65 ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Illustrated ‘My Journal for the Few’, A.E. Burtsev, St. Petersburg, 1914 ‘Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev ’, T. A. Galeeva, Golden Age Publishers, St. Petersburg, 2007 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011 ‘Boris Grigoriev’, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2011

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Boris Grigoriev Dachnitsa 1866-1939 1918

Watercolour and pencil on paper, 30 x 50 cm

Signed and dated lower left ‘Boris Grigoriev 1918’

Provenance

▪ The collection of Fyodor Chaliapin

▪ Private collection, London

▪ Expertise of Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Russian Art 1900s-1930s’, Moscow Arts Centre, 1996 ‘Boris Grigoriev’, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2011 ‘Boris Grigoriev’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2011, сat no. 240 ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Intimite’, V. Dmitriev and V. Voinov, Publisher V. M. Yasnyi, St. Petersburg, 1918 ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004 ‘The Artistic Heritage of B. D. Grigoriev’, Book Collection Series, 2006

Illustrated ‘Intimite’, V. Dmitriev and V. Voinov, Publisher V. M. Yasnyi, St. Petersburg, 1918 ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004 ‘Line – Boris Grigoriev’, V. N. Teriokhina, 2006 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011 ‘Boris Grigoriev’, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2011

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Boris Grigoriev Woman peering behind the screen 1866-1939 Original drawing for the album ‘Russiche Erotik’ 1920

Pencil on paper, 35 x 31 cm. Signed l.r. ‘Boris Grigoriev’

Provenance ▪ Y.E. Rubenstein, Moscow ▪ Frank Virasoro, Argentina. ▪ Zurburan Gallery, Buenos Aires ▪ Expertise of Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited Manaus, Brasil, date unknown ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

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Pyotr Konchalovsky Pines 1876-1956 1920

Oil on canvas, 100 x 106 cm.

Signed and dated l.r. ‘P. Konchalovsky 1920’

Provenance

▪ The Family of the Artist, Moscow ▪ Private Collection, Europe (purchased from the above in 1920)

Literature ‘Konchalovsky Catalogue raisonne’, A.D. Chegodaev, Moscow 1965

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Alexander Kuprin Still Life with a Sculpture of B. D. Korolev 1880-1960 1919

Pencil on paper, 32 x 39 cm

Study for the Painting

Signed and dated lower left ‘A. Kuprin, 1919’

Provenance

▪ Private collection, Moscow

▪ Maxim Bokser, Moscow

▪ Yuri Smirnov, Prague ▪ Expertise by Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘A. Kuprin’, K. S. Kravchenko, 1973 ‘A. Kuprin – Selected Works’, V. Polevoi, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, Moscow, 1984 ‘World of Art 1898-1927’, G. B. Romanov, Global View Publishers, 2010

Illustrated ‘A. Kuprin’, K. S. Kravchenko, 1973 ‘World of Art 1898-1927’, G. B. Romanov, Global View Publishers, 2010 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Mikhail Larionov Young Jester 1880-1960 1915

Watercolour on paper, 38 x 26 cm Costume design for ‘Soleil de nuit’ Signed lower right ‘M. Larionow’ and upper left ‘No.3 Soleil de Nuit 1915’

Provenance ▪ The artist, Paris ▪ Private collection, Arizona

Exhibited ‘Exposition des Oeuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow’, Galerie Sauvage, Paris, 1918, cat. No. 177-194, ‘Exposition des Oeuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow’, Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, 1919, cat. No. 237-247 ‘Exposition des Artistes Russes’ (organised by the World of Art), Galerie La Boetie, Paris, 1921, cat. No. 90 ’Goncharova-Larionov Exhibition’, Kingore Gallery, New York, 1922, Costume Designs, cat. No. 97-101 ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Illustrated ‘The Soul of ’, MacMillan and Co., London, 1916. In aid of the fund for Russian refugees administered by the committee of the Russian Union of Zemstvos under the presidency of Prince E. Lvov ‘Exposition des Artistes Russes’ (organised by the World of Art), Galerie La Boetie, Paris, 1921, cat. No. 90 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Vera Pestel Constructivist Composition 1886-1952 1916

Oil and mixed media on paper 36 x 26 cm.

Provenance ▪ The Artist’s Daughter, Sofia Yevgenievna Pestel. ▪ V.A. Dudakov, Moscow ▪ James Butterwick, Moscow ▪ Michael Ross, Chicago

Exhibited ‘The Russian Avant Garde’, Soviet Cultural Foundation, Moscow, June-July 1988 ‘The Russian Avant Garde from Private Collections’, Soviet Cultural Foundation, Moscow, June-July 1989. 'Vanguardismo Ruso’, Museo del Ciudad, Valencia, Spain, May-June 1991 'Avangarda Russa 1900-1935’, Museo del Ciudad, Palma di Majorca, Spain, April-July 1993

Illustrated “Avangarda Russa 1900-1935” Museo del Ciudad, Palma di Majorca. Page 95.

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Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin Cafe 1878-1939 1925

Watercolour on paper, 25 x 33 cm Dated in the artist’s hand lower right ‘France 1925’. Signed in verso ‘Album 1924-25. France. Drawing No. 5. 1925’. ‘Puys les Dieppes, In a Cafe by the Sea. K. S. Petrov-Vodkin’.

Provenance ▪ B. D. Suris, St. Petersburg ▪ Expertise by Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘K. S. Petrov-Vodkin’, V. Kostin, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, 1966 (Album of drawings and watercolours ‘Dieppe’) ‘Drawings of Petrov-Vodkin’, Y. Rusakov, Iskusstvo Publishing House, 1978 ‘K. S. Petrov-Vodkin’, Y. Rusakov, Aurora Publishing House, 1986, cat. No. 293-296

Illustrated ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin The Artist’s Daughter Elena on a Swing 1878-1939 1928

Watercolour on paper, 24 x 17 cm Dated in the artist’s hand in verso ‘8/XII 28’.

Provenance ▪ А. Stychkin collection, Moscow ▪ Expertise of Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Illustrated ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Liubov Popova Painterly architectronic 1889-1924 1916

Gouache on paper 17.6 x 12.1 cm

Provenance ▪ Pavel Popov, Moscow ▪ Andre Gozak, Moscow ▪ Irina Kokkinaki, Moscow ▪ Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York

Exhibited ‘Liubov Popova 100th Year anniversary’, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, October 12th 1989-August 1st 1990, cat 157. ‘Liubov Popova’, Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 13th to April 23rd 1991, cat. No. 62 Los Angeles County Museum. Ludwig Museum, Cologne Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

Illustrated ‘Liubov Popova 100th Year anniversary’, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow October 12th 1989-August 1st 1990, cat 157.

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Liubov Popova Painterly architectronic 1889-1924 1918

Gouache, 34.2 x 27.6 cm.

Study for the painting in the Thyssen Bornemisza collection, Madrid.

Provenance

▪ George Costakis, Moscow (acquired from the family of the artist). ▪ Mrs Therese Ford (wife of the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR, Robert Arthur Douglas Ford 1964-1980). ▪ Private collection, London. ▪ Ivor Brakka, London

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Alexander Rusakov Still Life with a Samovar and a Flower 1898-1952 1925-8 (In verso ‘STILL LIFE WITH A SAMOVAR’ (c. 1925-28)

Oil on canvas, 53 x 71 cm

Provenance

▪ The Artist, St. Petersburg

▪ Yuri Rusakov, Son of the artist, St. Petersburg, acquired in 1988.

▪ Roy Miles Gallery, London ▪ Pollock Family Collection.

Exhibited ‘Russian Paintings’, Roy Miles Gallery, London 1988, Winter Exhibition ‘Russian Paintings 1920-1980’, Pallant House, Chichester, 1989

Bibliography ‘Alexander Rusakov’, M Guerman, Sovietsky Khudozhnik 1989, Catalogue 107 ‘Russian Paintings’, Roy Miles Gallery, London. Summer Exhibition. July 1990

Illustrated ‘Russian Art – Winter Exhibition’, Roy Miles Gallery, London 1988 ‘Alexander Rusakov’, M Guerman, Sovietsky Khudozhnik 1989, Cat. 107, page 38

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Nadezhda Udaltsova Pictorial Architecture 1886-1961 1916-17

Watercolour on paper, 57 x 40 cm

Provenance ▪ Andrei Drevin, son of the artist ▪ George Kostakis, Moscow, later Athens ▪ Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York ▪ Acquired from the above in 1983.

Exhibited ‘L’Altra Meta dell’ Avanguardia 1910-1940’, Palazzo Reale di Milano, Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome, Kulturhuset, Stockholm February 14th –May 18th 1980, (incorrectly attributed to Popova) Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome Kulturhuset, Stockholm ‘Russian Avant-Garde from a Private Collection’, Baltimore Museum of Art, March 5th-April 14th 1991

Illustrated ‘The George Costakis Collection Russian Avant-Garde Art’, Ed. Angelica Rudenstine, S. Frederick Starr and George Costakis, London, 1981, p. 487, no. 1130, illustrated in colour. ‘Pinocateca, No 8-9’, Alexandra Shatskikh, Moscow 1999. No. 12, p. 58

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Alexander Volkov Nude in a Mountainous Landscape 1886-1957 1915

Watercolour on paper,20 x 20 cm

Provenance ▪ The Artist’s Family, Moscow/Tashkent

Exhibited ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2007, cat. No. 25 (1910-1916) ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Alexander Volkov. Master of the Pomegranate Chaikhana’, M. Zemskaya, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, Moscow, 1975 ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Slovo Publishing House, Moscow, 2007

Illustrated ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004 ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Slovo Publishing House, Moscow, 2007 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Alexander Volkov Golgotha 1886-1957 1915

Watercolour on paper, 15 x 12 cm

Provenance ▪ The Artist’s Family, Moscow/Tashkent

Exhibited ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2007 ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Alexander Volkov. Master of the Pomegranate Chaikhana’, M. Zemskaya, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, Moscow, 1975 ‘Alexander Volkov. Master of the Pomegranate Chaikhana, Paintings, Poetry, Friends’, A.A Volkov, A.A. Volkov and V.A. Volkov, Moscow New Diadem Publishers, 2007

Illustrated ‘Alexander Volkov. Master of the Pomegranate Chaikhana, Paintings, Poetry, Friends’, A.A Volkov, A.A. Volkov and V.A. Volkov, Moscow New Diadem Publishers, 2007

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Alexander Volkov Eastern Fantasy 1886-1957 1918

Watercolour on paper, 16 x 36 cm Signed lower right ‘A. Volkov’ In verso ‘Woman in Front of a Temple’

Provenance ▪ The Artist’s Family, Moscow/Tashkent

Exhibited

‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 2007, cat. No. 40

‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Literature ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Slovo Publishers, Moscow, 2007

Illustrated ‘Works from the Collection of Professor Abramian’, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, 1988 ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004 ‘Alexander Volkov. Sun and Caravan’, Slovo Publishers, Moscow, 2007, ‘500 Treasures of Russian Art’, Harvest Publishing House, Minsk, 2008 ‘Russian Graphics 1890-1930’, KitArt, Moscow, 2011

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Mikhail Vrubel Portrait of Vova Mamontov reading 1856-1910 1890’s

Pencil on paper, 15 x 8 cm. Signed above ‘Vova reading a book and sees…’ and lower right ‘Vova’

Provenance ▪ The family of the artist, Moscow ▪ A. B. Yumashev ▪ N. A. Sokolov (the Kukriniksy), Moscow ▪ Expertise of Elena Zhukova, Moscow

Exhibited ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, MOSKh (Moscow Region Union of Artists), Moscow, 1956, cat. No. 38 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 1956, cat. No. 129 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Russian Museum, Leningrad, 1957, cat. No. 129 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Museum of Omsk, 1996, cat. No. 2 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Museum of Private Сollections, Moscow, 1996, cat. No. 2 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 1998, cat. No. 128 ‘Russian Line’ Sotheby’s, Moscow, March 5th-March 30th 2012

Illustrated ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, MOSKh, Moscow, 1956, cat. No. 38 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, P. K. Suzdalev, Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishing House, Moscow, 1991, cat., No. 19 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Museum of Omsk, 1996, cat. No. 2 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Museum of Private Сollections, Moscow, 1996, cat. No. 2 ‘Mikhail Vrubel’, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, 1998, cat. No. 128 ‘Russian Art. A Personal Choice’, KitArt, Moscow, 2004

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