Sale 7440
London
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28 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 48,500
Estimate
Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov (1850-1923) Eugenie Reading a Newspaper signed 'I. Pokitonow' (lower right); with inventory no. 431 (on the reverse) oil on panel 8 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (22 x 19.4 cm.)
Provenance
By descent in the artist's family to the present owner.
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Exhibited
Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov 1850-1923, 1963.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné prepared by Olivier Bertrand.
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