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ALEKSANDR SHEVCHENKO (RUSSIAN 1883-1948) Still Life with Pipe, 1920 oil on canvas 67.5 x 47.5 cm (26 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.) signed and dated upper left
PROVENANCE David Kramer and Elena Ruben, Moscow, 1930, by repute Solomon Shuster, Saint Petersburg, 1949, by repute Oleg Chashin, Riga, 1970, by repute Nelly and Stanislav Makarenko, 1984 Private collection, Paris, 2006 Private collection, New York, 2011
EXPERTISE A copy of an authenticating letter by Dmitriy Sarabyanov, 2006 A signed expert opinion by V. Shalabayeva, 2012 A study of materials and techniques executed by V. P. Golikov and V. B. Lukyanov, Moscow, 2012 n.b. Copies of all above expertises available upon request.
LITERATURE The present lot was studied by Charlotte Douglas in an article published in New York, 2005 (available upon request)