LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolour, gouache, chalk and gold paint over pencil on paper laid on board

Measurements:

25.20 in. (64.00 cm.) (height) by 19.69 in. (50.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's cipher and dated 1911 l.r.

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Motte, . Nicolas Kalmakoff , 7 February - 5 March 1964, no.17

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue. Nicolas Kalmakoff , Galerie Motte, Paris, 1964, p.11, no.17 listed as. Trois femmes chevauchant un monstre . J.Balybina and J.Bowlt,. Nikolai Kalmakov i labirint dekadenstva, 1873-1955 ,. Moscow:. Iskusstvo XXI-vek, 2008, p.32

Provenance:

Sotheby's London,. The Russian Sale, 19 May 2005, lot 88