Lot 121
121
Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939)
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Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939)

Self portrait with pince-nez

Details
Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939)
Self portrait with pince-nez
signed and dated 'C. Somof/1928' (lower right) and further inscribed in pencil 'Grandvilliers' (lower right)
coloured chalks on paper
12 3/8 x 8 in. (31.4 x 20.3 cm.)
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Lot Essay

A similar self-portrait executed the same year as the present lot is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (see L. Salmina-Haskell, Russian paintings and drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1989, p. 84, no. 122, illustrated), and was formerly in the collection of M. V. Braikevitch.

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