Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanoff-Belsky (b. Smolensk 1868, d. Berlin 1945)
The young musician and the listener. A Russian boy playing balalaika for his friend in front of a house. Signed N. Bogdanoff-Belsky (in Cyrillic). Oil on cardboard. 33×26 cm. Unframed.
Provenance: Editor at Berliner Zeitung, Gustav Hoffner (b. 1887), who acquired the painting in Berlin in the 1930s. Then by descendants until today.
Condition report on request.
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Russian + varia & furniture, 2 June 2016