Lot Essay
The church depicted in this work is the Church of Acclamation of Our Most Holy Mother of God in Moscow, which was demolished in 1931-1932 to make space for the never-realised Palace of the Soviets.
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A church in Moscow
Details
Maria Iakunchikova (1870-1902)
A church in Moscow
with number '97/26' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
11½ x 16 in. (31.7 x 40.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1890
A church in Moscow
with number '97/26' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
11½ x 16 in. (31.7 x 40.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1890
Provenance
The family of the artist.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Posmertnaia Vystavka Marii Vasil'evny Iakunchikovoi [Maria Vasil'evna Iakunchikova's posthumous exhibition], Moscow, 1905, listed p. 6, no. 48.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Moscow, 1979, listed p. 162.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Moscow, 2005, illustrated p. 46, listed p. 142.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Geneva, 2008, illustrated p. 52, listed p. 152 as Tours de Kremlin.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Moscow, 1979, listed p. 162.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Moscow, 2005, illustrated p. 46, listed p. 142.
M. Kiselev, Maria Iakunchikova, Geneva, 2008, illustrated p. 52, listed p. 152 as Tours de Kremlin.
Exhibited
Moscow, Posmertnaia Vystavka Marii Vasil'evny Iakunchikovoi [Maria Vasil'evna Iakunchikova's posthumous exhibition], 1905, no. 48 (label on the reverse).
Special notice
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