Live Auction 7905Russian Art
David Burliuk (1882-1967)
Lot 118

David Burliuk (1882-1967)

Portrait of Mrs Morimoto and her son

Closed29 November 2010

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GBP 30,000

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David Burliuk (1882-1967)
Portrait of Mrs Morimoto and her son
signed and inscribed 'Burliuk/Japan' (lower left); further inscribed and dated '1922 /Mrs Morimoto' (lower right); numbered '96' (on the reverse); further numbered '54' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.4 cm.)

Specialist note

Portrait of Mrs Morimoto and her son depicts the wife and son of Kiyoshi Morimoto, the vice-president of the Kobe city assembly and one of Burliuk's most important patrons during his stay in Japan from 1920 to 1922. The same figures appear in the family portrait which Morimoto commissioned from Burliuk and which now hangs in the Hyogo Prefecture Museum of Art.