Stepan Iaremich (1869-1939)
Lot 21

Stepan Iaremich (1869-1939)

The Smolny Convent

Closed5 June 2017

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Stepan Iaremich (1869-1939)
The Smolny Convent
signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and dated 'S. Iaremich/9 June 1917 SPb.' (lower right); further inscribed in Russian 'The Smolny Convent - the first sketch from the S[t-]P[etersburg] series/of the Smolny Convent/[I] returned to art with this series after a long break/Given by me S[t]-P[etersburg] 26 September 1917' (on the reverse); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff 'Jaremich/Stepan-Petrovich/1869-1939/La cathédrale du Couvent Smolny/à St Petersbourg/variante d'une aquarelle (ancienne collection/F. Notgaft) reproduite dans le catalogue de/l'exposition des dessins et Peintures Russes/du début du XXe siècle. Leningrad 1962/Ancienne Collection/S. Ernst' (on the backboard)
pencil, sanguine and watercolour on paper
17 ¾ x 13 7/8 in. (44.8 x 35 cm.)
(2)together with a woodcut in colours after Andrei Beloborodov (1886-1965) Ponte Molle, Rome, signed in Cyrillic 'A Beloborodov' (lower left) and numbered '1-20' (lower right), further signed with artist's monogram in the plate (lower right); 15 x 19 ¾ in. (38 x 50.5 cm.); printed in 1934

The Smolny Convent: Collection Serge Ernst (1894-1980).
Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.