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Lot Essay
This composition relates to Aleksandr Burtsev's (1869-1938) publication Narodnye prisloviia [Folk's sayings] from 1911 and describes an old Pskov tradition of choosing a husband. The parents introduce potential matches to their daughter, who should either get off the bench to indicate her agreement or start crying to signal dissatisfaction with the proposed groom.
For a comparable composition see: O. Platonov (ed.), Russkii narod. Polnoe sobranie etnograficheskikh trudov Aleksandra Burtseva [Russian people. A complete collection of Aleksandr Burtsev's ethnographic works], vol. II, Moscow, 2017, p. 189.
We are grateful to Dr Tamara Galeeva, Senior Lecturer at the Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
For a comparable composition see: O. Platonov (ed.), Russkii narod. Polnoe sobranie etnograficheskikh trudov Aleksandra Burtseva [Russian people. A complete collection of Aleksandr Burtsev's ethnographic works], vol. II, Moscow, 2017, p. 189.
We are grateful to Dr Tamara Galeeva, Senior Lecturer at the Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.