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VASILY VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904)
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VASILY VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904)

Study for 'Beggar in Washington'

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VASILY VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904)
Study for 'Beggar in Washington'
signed with Cyrillic initial 'V' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on panel
13 1⁄2 x 10 3⁄4 in. (34.3 x 27.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1888-1891

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner after 1917.

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The present lot is a study for Beggar in Washington (1888-1891), as illustrated in A. Lebedev, Vasilii Vasilievich Vereshchagin, Zhizn’ i Tvorchestvo [Life and Work], Moscow, 1972, p. 234.