Sergei Ivanovitch LOBANOV (1887-1943) View of Justinian's Tower, Feodosia, 1926
Lotto 153
45 00050 000
signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘S Lobanov 1926’ (lower right), signed again, titled and dated (on reverse)
oil on canvas
71 x 116 cm
painted in 1926
Provenance:
Acquired in Moscow in the 1980s.
Sotheby’s, London, 04.06.2013, lot 285.
Exhibited:
- Society of Moscow Artists (1927-1932), in Tokyo, Japan, 3rd exhibition of paintings by contemporary Russian artists in Feodosia.
- 1928 - The 4th exhibition of paintings by modern Russian artists in Feodosia.
Literature:
Sergei Ivanovich Lovanov (1887–1942) , Catalogue raisonné, Triumph gallery, Moscow, 2006 (ill.).
The present seascape is from the Feodosia series, which Lobanov painted during the summer of 1926. A smaller oil painting on board featuring the view of Justinian’s Tower was exhibited in the ' 4 iskusstva' [4 Arts] Association Of Artist Exhibition, titled Genoese Tower, Feodosiya, cat.no.125.