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EUGÈNE EVGUÉNIÉVITCH LANCERAY (1875-1946)

Estimate14 000 - 17 000
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EUGÈNE EVGUÉNIÉVITCH LANCERAY (1875-1946)

Botanical Garden of Batoum, 1921
Watercolour and tempera on pencil stroke on paper
Monogrammed with Cyrillic graphite "E.L." lower left, on the reverse side mark belonging to the painter's family
51 x 34.5 cm
Provenance
Collection of the painter, then acquired from his family by the present owner. Private collection, Paris.
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue of
Lanceray's works, Moscow, Academy of Fine Arts, 1961, p. 58.
This drawing was made during Lanceray's trip to Abkhazia in 1921, when the artist liked to paint in watercolour, thus rendering the sensation of freshness and clarity of the Caucasus in summer.
A certificate of authenticity from Silaeva will be given to the purchaser.