BORIS KUSTODIEV, 1920 - The Village Fair / oil on canvas, 57.5 х 57.5 cm
БОРИС КУСТОДИЕВ - Сельская ярмарка
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Private collection
Sotheby's London, Russian Art Evening Sale, June 2009.
Source: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/russian-art-...
In the 1910's of the state of health Kustodiev suffering from spine, has deteriorated sharply. Chained to a wheelchair and virtually cut off from the outside world, the artist had to work from memory. «The Village Fair» - the typical sample kustodievskih pastoral paintings from the life of Russian provinces. In the post-time, on the eve of new global cataclysm irrevocably pushed back patriarchal Russia, represented in pictures Kustodiev, enjoyed great success as an artist at home or in Europe
BORIS KUSTODIEV, 1920 - The Village Fair / oil on canvas, 57.5 х 57.5 cm
БОРИС КУСТОДИЕВ - Сельская ярмарка
☆
Private collection
Sotheby's London, Russian Art Evening Sale, June 2009.
Source: www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/russian-art-...
In the 1910's of the state of health Kustodiev suffering from spine, has deteriorated sharply. Chained to a wheelchair and virtually cut off from the outside world, the artist had to work from memory. «The Village Fair» - the typical sample kustodievskih pastoral paintings from the life of Russian provinces. In the post-time, on the eve of new global cataclysm irrevocably pushed back patriarchal Russia, represented in pictures Kustodiev, enjoyed great success as an artist at home or in Europe