RUSSIAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A K. MAKOVSKY STUDY OF A BOYAR WEDDING FEAST

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Start price: $2,500

Estimated price: $5,000 - $7,000

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Oil on board study by Konstantin Makovsky (Russian, 1839-1915) for the painting "A Boyard Wedding Feast" (1883.) The study depicts a seated Boyard. Signed at the lower left "C. Makowsky."

In the diverse creative heritage of Konstantin Makovsky, paintings glorifying boyar life were among the most popular and demanded works.

Provenance: The collection of Robert C. Wooley, Sotheby’s New York, January 24 and 25, 1997, lot # 58.

Sotheby’s; Parke Bernet, Inc. New Yor, October 30, 1980, lot # 168.

Dimensions: 18 7/8 x 14 15/16 in., (47.9 x 37.9 cm.)

Condition: Very good overall, minor scratches to the surface