ARISTARKH LENTULOV (1882-1943) Crimson Sunset in Moscow

signed and titled in Cyrillic, numbered and dated 'N9 Lentulov Crimson Sunset 10' (on the reverse) watercolour and graphite on paper 23 x 34 cm Executed in 1910 Provenance: Collection of Solomon Shuster; Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 31 May 2001, lot 113; Private collection; Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 06 June 2007, lot 67; Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Exhibited: ‘Aristarkh Vasilievich Lentulov’, Moscow, 1968 Literature: Exhibition catalogue ‘Aristarkh Lentulov’, Moscow, 1968, p. 44 listed as Bagrovyi zakat, Moskva under works from 1910; M.Lentulova, Khudozhnik Aristarkh Lentulov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1969, p.136, listed under works from 1910