Live Auction 8003Russian Art
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)
Lot 55

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)

View of St Petersburg

Closed28 November 2011

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GBP 46,850

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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)
View of St Petersburg
signed 'M Dobujinsky' (lower right)
pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache on board
15 x 18¼ in. (38.1 x 46.4 cm.)
In Karelian birch frame

Studio of the artist.
Mr and Mrs Nikita Balieff, New York.
Acquired by the present owner in New York in 1988.

Specialist note

This work depicts the distinctive Lomonosov, formerly Chernyshov, Bridge spanning the Fontanka canal, with the Alexandrinsky Theatre and the famous ballet school of Agrippina Vaganova in the background.