PETR KONCHALOVSKY (1876-1956) Study for ‘Where to give blood here?’

signed, dated and inscribed in Cyrillic ‘1942 / P. Konchalovsky / 356 MTCh no. 362’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 31.4 x 39.8 cm painted in 1942 Certificate of authenticity by Valery Aleksandrovich Dudakov and D. Sarabianov, stamp of the Regional Public Organization, Club of Collectors of Fine Art Works, July 2007 A leading figure of the Russian Avant-Garde and a founding member of the Jack of Diamonds, Petr Konchalovsky is celebrated for his vigorous, Cézanne-inspired brushwork and his pivotal role in shaping modern Russian painting. Executed in 1942 at the height of the Great Patriotic War, “Where Can One Donate Blood Here?” by Petr Konchalovsky is one of only two known authentic studies for the related large-format work (1942, oil on canvas, 221.5 x 349.5 cm) now preserved in the museum of Kotovsk (Tambov region).