Author's inscription on the bottom left: « Au très respecté Vladimir Lvovitch Bienstock en signe de souvenir de la reconnaissante K. L. Boguslawskaya ». ["To respected Vladimir Lvovich Bienstock as a sign of memory from grateful K L Boguslavskaya"].
(Vladimir Lvovich Bienstock (Binstock, 1868-1933), translator, translated novels by Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky into French, was also a high-class chess player who played games with the world champion Capablanca).
Provenance: auction house Ader, Paris, sale Drouot 12/19/2014, lot 2.
Ksenia Leonidovna Boguslawskaya (1892, Saint-Pétersbourg - 1971, Paris)
Russian beauty. circa 1921. Cardboard, gouache. 36.5 x 27.5 cm. Author's signature on the lower right: K.Boguslawskaya
Author's inscription on the bottom left:« Au très respecté Vladimir Lvovitch Bienstock en signe de souvenir de la reconnaissante K. L. Boguslawskaya »["To respected Vladimir Lvovich Bienstock as a sign of memory from grateful K L Boguslavskaya"].
(Vladimir Lvovich Bienstock (Binstock, 1868-1933), translator, translated novels by Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky into French, was also a high-class chess player who played games with the world champion Capablanca).
In original Jugendstil gilt frame
Provenance: Ader, Paris, sale 19.12.2014, lot 2.
Authenticity is confirmed by Dr. Alexandra Shatskikh (COA is attached FOR DETAILS CLICK HERE )
