CONSTANTIN WESTCHILOFF (1877-1945) By the sea in Normandy

signed, dedicated in Cyrillic and dated ‘Divnoi Cecilii Hansen – K Westchiloff 1914‘ (lower left) watercolour on paper 46 x 61.9 cm Executed in 1914 Provenance: Cecilia Hansen (artist’s dedicatory inscription to Cecilia) Private collection Cecilia Hansen (1897–1989) was a celebrated Russian violin virtuoso and music teacher, captured in portraits by renowned artist Ilya Repin. Constantin Westschikoff gifted her the present drawing when she was 17 years old and already renowned violinist.