Abram ARKHIPOV(1862-1933). Bath scene. Oil on canvas (striplined). [1916] Signed on the back. 22.5 x14.25” Compare the composition with “The laundresses” (1900) in Tretiakov Gallery and “Visiting”(1915) in State Russian Museum, where sitting females in profile are also lightened through the window from their behinds. Provenance: Art Division of Russia Defense Ministry, inventory number 871. (Label on the back).
