Russian beauty; and Mother (illustrated)

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Il'ia Glazunov (b. 1930)
Russian beauty; and Mother (illustrated)
one signed in Cyrillic 'I. Glazunov' (upper left); one signed twice in Cyrillic and dated 'Il'ia Glazunov 1973' (upper left) and further signed 'Ilya GLAZUNOV' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
both 31½ x 23 3/8 in. (80 x 59.3 cm.) (2)

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拍品專文

'Russian beauty' is a smaller variant of a work completed in 1968. The original is executed on veneer and incorporates fabric and pearls into the design, see N. A. Vysotskii, Il'ia Glazunov, Moscow, 1986, no. 94, illustrated.
The inspiration for 'Mother' may have been taken from Glazunov's earlier canvas 'Roads of war' (1854-1957); the figure of the old woman seated left in this epic canvas bears striking similarities to the Mother depicted in this portrait (see N. A. Vysotskii, Il'ia Glazunov, Moscow, 1986, no. 35, illustrated).