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Isaak Ilich Levitan

Woodland

Auction Closed

November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Isaak Ilich Levitan

1860 - 1900


Woodland

signed in Cyrillic I. Levitan and inscribed with a dedication (lower left)

watercolour, pencil and varnish on paper

24 by 33 cm, 9⅜ by 13 in.

Framed: 46 by 55 cm, 18 by 21⅝ in.

Private collection, Japan

Acquired by the present owner in 2023

According to the inscription, Levitan gifted this watercolour to K.S. Shilovsky. This most likely refers to the actor Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky (1849-1893).


On the reverse, the sheet bears an authentication dating from 1928. It was signed by two individuals, with one signature reading Aladzhalov. This is possibly the signature of Manuil Aladzhalov, a landscape painter who had studied under Levitan.