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LOT 164:
A PENCIL ON PAPER Z. SEREBRIAKOVA WITH PROVENANCE
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A PENCIL ON PAPER Z. SEREBRIAKOVA WITH PROVENANCE
Antique Russian drawing on paper [Name]d "Study of a kneeling woman" by Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova 1884-1967. Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (Lanceray) was among the first female Russian painters of distinction. Zinaida Serebriakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov (now Kharkiv, Ukraine) into one of Russia's most refined and artistic families, her father being the sculptor Evgeny Lanceray and her uncle the Ballets Russes designer Alexander Benois. She began to draw at a very early age selecting simple subjects from daily life surrounding her, such as her family and the landscape in her native village of Neskuchnoye. She first came to prominence in 1910 with the exhibition of her celebrated self-portrait Woman at the Mirror (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Pencil Drawing is signed by the artist and dated 1924 Lower Left. Provenance: Drawing Was Offered at Sotheby's Auction in 2009. Part of Estate from Bernardsville NJ.
Dimensions: Viewing: 11 x 16 in., (27.94 x 40.64 cm.) Frame: 23 x 27 in., (58.42 x 68.58 cm.)
