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Georgii Savitskii (1887-1949)
Lot 68

Georgii Savitskii (1887-1949)

The kennels

Closed6 June 2011

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Georgii Savitskii (1887-1949)
The kennels
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1917/G. Savitskii' (lower left); further signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and dated 'G. Savitskii/1917/The Kennels' (on the reverse)
oil on board
21 3/8 x 28¼ in. (54.3 x 71.4 cm.)
Painted in 1917

Collection of M. A. Savitskaia (label on the reverse).

Specialist note

This oil was painted while Savitskii was living in Poltava, spending much of his time hunting with his fellow artist and friend Ivan Myasoedov (1881-1953): it is Myasoedov's yard, with its low wooden shed, which is depicted in the painting.