Lot Essay
Konstantin Somov created a number of works depicting somnalent young ladies reclining on sofas. The most famous is Sleeping young lady painted in 1909 (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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Study of a sleeping lady
Details
Konstantin Somov (1869-1939)
Study of a sleeping lady
signed, inscribed and dated 'A Monsieur Ch. R. Paravicini. C. Somof. 1912.' (lower right); with the inscription 'Somoff m'a envoye cette petite aquarelle comme souvenir après mon départ de St Peterbourg, en 1912./CRParavicini (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white on paper
6½ x 8¾ in. (16.5 x 22.2 cm.)
Study of a sleeping lady
signed, inscribed and dated 'A Monsieur Ch. R. Paravicini. C. Somof. 1912.' (lower right); with the inscription 'Somoff m'a envoye cette petite aquarelle comme souvenir après mon départ de St Peterbourg, en 1912./CRParavicini (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white on paper
6½ x 8¾ in. (16.5 x 22.2 cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to C. R. Paravicini, 1912.
By descent in the family to the present owner.
By descent in the family to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Constantine Somov paintings, London, 1930, p. 3.
Exhibited
London, Prince Vladimir Galitzine Gallery, Exhibition of Constantine Somov paintings, 2 June - 2 July 1930, no. 33a.
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