OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 222:
Konstanin Somov (Russian, 1869-1939), oil on canvas backed on board painting depicting a summer day in the countryside. Signed and dated lower right.Provenance: MacDougall’s London, November 28, 2018, lot 43. Russian Pictures, Works of Art and Icons, Sotheby’s London, 5-6 December 1989, lot 156.Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939) was a Russian painter and graphic artist, master of portrait and landscape, illustrator, and one of the founders of the Mir Iskusstva association and the magazine of the same name. Somov is known for numerous portrait works, as well as paintings and drawings depicting genre scenes resurrecting the world of court balls and masquerades of the "gallant" 18th-century.
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 11 5/8 in., (19.5 x 29.5 cm.)
Condition: Please refer to the lot description.
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