Lot Essay
In the Lay of the Host of Igor verse 8 begins "Igor looked up at the bright sun and saw all his troops covered by its [the eclipse's] shadow". See note to lot 153.
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Eclipse of the Sun
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Dmitrii Semenovich Stelletskii (1875-1947)
Eclipse of the Sun
signed in Cyrillic 'Stelletskii' (lower left)
gouache on heavy paper
25 x 18in. (63.5 x 47cm.)
Eclipse of the Sun
signed in Cyrillic 'Stelletskii' (lower left)
gouache on heavy paper
25 x 18in. (63.5 x 47cm.)