NIKOLAI PETROVICH BOGDANOV-BELSKY (1868–1945) Reading girls

Signed ‘N. Bogdanov-Belsky’ (lower left) Oil on panel 22 x 26 cm Provenance: The painting was acquired by the Gunnar Haagensen Danish Ford dealer who went to Riga in the 1920s. During his stay in Riga he visited several art exhibitions and acquired the present painting. His descendents fled to Denmark at the outbreak of World War II. Private Collection, Germany.