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Vasilii Polenov (1844-1927)
Lot 18 PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR VLADIMIR FIALA

Vasilii Polenov (1844-1927)

A fishing boat in Étretat, Normandy

Closed25 November 2013

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Vasilii Polenov (1844-1927)
A fishing boat in Étretat, Normandy
with faint inscription 'Normandie. Normanija travaildu professeur W. Dm. Polenoff. 1873 Vera Répine Kuokkala Penati 1938' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
4.1/8 x 7 in. (10.5 x 18 cm.)
Painted in 1874

E. Miller, Finland.
Acquired from the above by Dr Vladimir Fiala (1922-1997) in Finland in 1930.

Specialist note

The present oil is a preparatory work for Polenov's masterful A fishing boat in Étretat in Normandie (1874, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
We are grateful to Dr Eleonora Paston of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow for her assistance in cataloguing the present lot.