ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (1932—2016) Hunting with hounds

signed, inscribed and dedicated in Cyrillic by the artist ‘To Vitaliy Vasilievich Leshchenko from the artist A. S. Slepyshev, to the wonderful doctor who saved my hand which painted this picture. Paris 1993/ T. Slepyshev / Виталию Васильевичу Лещенко от художника Слепышева А. С., замечательному врачу, спасшему мою руку, которая и нарисовала эту картину. Париж 1993/ Т. Слепышев’ (on the reverse) 80 x 100 cm oil on canvas painted in 1993 Provenance: Artist’s studio Private collection Literature: V. Yakovlev, in ‘Anatoly Slepyshev. The Parisian Period’, Museum of Russian Art, RA Publishing, Moscow 1999, ill. p. 62, no. 33 ‘Псовая охота’