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Miniature portrait of a lady, watercolor on paper, 6 cm in diameter, in blackened
contemporary frame with ormolu insert. Signed with initials and dated 1900. |
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Portrait of a gypsy. Oil on
copper board, signed low right,
13x17. Provenance: inherited
directly from the artist by singer
F. Litvin, who later presented it
as a gift to Mstislav Dobujinsky,
then inherited by his son
Vsevolod Dobujinsky (stamp on
the back), from whom it was
acquired by a previous owner -
a prominent American collector
Joan F. Seifter (label on the
back). In a nice black and
parcel guilt period frame.
Compare: a portrait of a
younger gypsy (same size and
with the background of the
same wall) – Sotheby’s Russian
sale, 12.01.2204, lot 53 – sold
for $200000 |
