ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (1932-2016) A crowd in the forest

inscribed in Cyrillic with a quotation from Nicholas Gogol's 'Dead Souls'(center right), numbered 'N 20' (verso) (center right), numbered 'N 20' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm painted in 1993 Provenance: Artist's studio; Private collection Literature: 'Anatoly Slepyshev', exh. cat., exhibition at the Commercial Representation of the Russian Federation in France, Paris, 1994; V. Yakovlev, in 'Anatoly Slepyshev. The Parisian Period', exh. cat. Museum of Russian Art in Paris, Ed. RA Publishing, Moscow 1999, ill. p. 61, no. 32 Exhibited: 'Anatoly Slepyshev', exh. cat., exhibition at the Commercial Representation of the Russian Federation in France, Paris, 1994; 'Anatoly Slepyshev. The Parisian Period', exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art in Paris, Ed. RA Publishing, Moscow 1999, ill. p. 61, no. 32 Condition: overall good condition