Futuristic Nude , 1916. Color pencils on paper. Inscribed to D. Gordeev in 1920. Signed and dated lower left 9 x 7". Provenance: Collection D. Gordeev (Chuzhak). Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.24. Authenticity is confirmed by Dr. Alexandra Shatskikh In original Art Nouveau frame, around 1910, copper, carnations to the sides, inscribed at the bottom: K. Radetzky, Wien (provenance for the frame: Dorotheum Rahmen. Wien 10.04.2003, lot 529).
K.ZDANEVICH Three original illustrations for the poem “1918” by A. Kruchenych (book was not published). Watercolor on paper, signed low right, 10x14 inches each, signed low right. Bibliography: Sotheby’s Twentieth Century Russian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors 1900-1930, London, 29.03.1973 lot 25 (i); ZDANEVICH KIRILL And Cubo-Futurism, Rachel Adler Gallery, New York 1987, items #31, 32, 33 illustrated.
Zdanevich, Kiril
(1892 Tiflis - 1970 Tbilisi (new for Tiflis))
Studied in Tiflis, Moscow, St. Petersburg, & Paris. Painter & book illustrator. One of the prominent figures of early