Nov 15, 2023 11:00 EST

Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War Art & Contemporary Art

 
Lot 1031
 

1031

Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev

Russian, 1886-1939
Portrait of Tomas Masaryk, circa 1932
Signed Boris Grigoriev (lr); and dedicated in Cyrillic and dated To my dear Vladimir/N.Y 1934 on the reverse
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 1/16 inches (61 x 51 cm)

Provenance:
Vladimir Bashkirov, gift from the artist
Private collection; thence by descent in the family to the present owner

Exhibited:
Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1932
New York, Boris Grigoriev, 1934 (gallery unknown)
New York, Academie of Allied Arts, Boris Grigoriev, 1920-1935, Nov. 21 - Dec. 21, 1935, no. 27, on loan from Vladimir Bashkirov

Grigoriev was allowed two sittings with President Tomas Masaryk at the Presidential residence in Lany Castle, on the outskirts of Prague in 1932. There he made several preparatory drawings, one of which is illustrated in
Tamara Galeeva's Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev, St Petersburg, 2007, p. 172.

Frame dimensions: 28 3/4 x 24 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches

Sold for $69,300
Estimated at $20,000 - $40,000

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Russian, 1886-1939
Portrait of Tomas Masaryk, circa 1932
Signed Boris Grigoriev (lr); and dedicated in Cyrillic and dated To my dear Vladimir/N.Y 1934 on the reverse
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 1/16 inches (61 x 51 cm)

Provenance:
Vladimir Bashkirov, gift from the artist
Private collection; thence by descent in the family to the present owner

Exhibited:
Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1932
New York, Boris Grigoriev, 1934 (gallery unknown)
New York, Academie of Allied Arts, Boris Grigoriev, 1920-1935, Nov. 21 - Dec. 21, 1935, no. 27, on loan from Vladimir Bashkirov

Grigoriev was allowed two sittings with President Tomas Masaryk at the Presidential residence in Lany Castle, on the outskirts of Prague in 1932. There he made several preparatory drawings, one of which is illustrated in
Tamara Galeeva's Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev, St Petersburg, 2007, p. 172.

Frame dimensions: 28 3/4 x 24 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches

Dirty varnish; frame rubbing; old nailholes along the edges; no apparent restoration.

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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art / Post-War Art & Contemporary Art, Nov 15, 2023

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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on November 15, 2023. Showcasing important European, American and Asian paintings, drawings and sculpture, the offerings spanned Academic and Barbizon art through Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to German Expressionism and early Modernism.


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