OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE

A KONSTANTIN RUDAKOV WATERCOLOR ON CARDBOARD, RUSSIAN

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $250 - $350

Buyer's premium:

Konstantin Rudakov, a watercolor and pencil on cardboard illustration for Romain Rolland’s Théâtre de la révolution depicting the arrest of Camille Desmoulins. Signed by the author lower right. Matted and housed in a gilded wooden frame. Inscribed on the verso "K. Rudakov".Provenance: The Russian Sale, 11/30/2009, Bonhams Bond Street, Lot 48 (not sold).Konstantin Ivanovich Rudakov (1891-1949) was a Russian and Soviet painter, graphic artist, watercolorist, illustrator, and teacher. Rudakov was a prominent figure in the artistic life of Leningrad in the 1930s-1940s, a popular teacher at the Academy of Arts, an honored illustrator, and a virtuoso of graphic improvisations.Provenance: From an important Moscow collection.

Dimensions: 9 x 6 in., (22.5 x 15 cm.)

Condition: Perfect.