STEPAN KOLESNIKOFF (RUSSIAN 1879-1955)

Onward riders,
oil on panel
44.5 x 26 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
signed lower left; artist's stamp on verso

PROVENANCE
Collection of the economic attache to Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966), US ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1945-46
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner

CONDITION
Observed out of frame, the painting is in good condition. Fine and stable age-appropriate craquelure to a small part of the sky and the dress of the peasant woman on the right. Inspection under UV light shows no apparent signs of restoration.
framed dimensions: 64 x 86 cm (25 1/4 x 33 7/8 in.)

Kindly note, the auction is comprised of two sessions:
Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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