Live Auction 1528Russian Art
Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
Lot 4 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORWEGIAN COLLECTION

Ilya Repin (1844-1930)

Veules les Roses, Le Moulin des Cressonnières

Closed2 June 2014

Price Realised

GBP 37,500

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
Veules les Roses, Le Moulin des Cressonnières
signed in Cyrillic 'I. Repin' (lower right); further signed in Cyrillic, with inscription and date 'I. Repin./Normandie 1876 Veules' (on the reverse)
oil on card laid down on board
3 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (9.8 x 18.4 cm.)
Painted in 1874

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, probably in Oslo, prior to 1970.

Specialist note

The inscription on the reverse by the artist's daughter Vera Repina (1870-1948) incorrectly dates the work as 1876.
We are grateful to Liudmila Andrushchenko, Senior Researcher at the Ilya E. Repin Estate-Museum 'Penates' for her assistance in cataloguing this work.