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JUNE 2024 SALE OF FINE ARTS AND COLLECTIBLES
Lot 72:
Portrait of Alexei Petrovitch, tsarevich of Russia by Petr Afanasiev (1866-1960). This portrait was among illustrations made by Afanasiev for the Russian edition of Kazimierz Waliszewski’s monograph "Peter The Great: upbringing, personality, deeds" published by Sphinx in 1911.
Petr Semenovich Afanasiev was a Russian artist who worked mainly as a book illustrator.
Sphinx was a Moscow-based publishing house that existed between 1907 and 1914 and was famous for publishing exquisitely illustrated editions.
7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in., (19.5 x 13 cm)
Condition: Perfect
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