FINE ART: from the 19th century to Modern Art, Eastern European art, Ballets Russes, important icons - David Hockney, Kotarbinsky, Nesterov, Goncharova, Deineka, Vysotsky Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 14:30
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VALERY ALFEEVSKY (1906-1989) The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Лот 145
2 0003 000
signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘V. Alfeevsky 52’ (lower right); dedicated in a cartouche ‘Dorogoy Elze ot V. Alfeevskogo [To beloved Elsa from V. Alfeevsky]’ (verso) wash, ink on paper 42 x 31 cm (à vue) executed in 1952 Elsa Triolet travelled to Moscow with Louis Aragon in 1952, and it was on the occasion of this trip that Valery Alfeevsky, a friend of the family, gave her this drawing. Indeed, Alfeevsky’s wife, Violetta (Fialka), daughter of David Shterenberg, was a close friend of Lili Brik, Elsa Triolet’s sister. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) building is one of Moscow’s seven impressive Stalin’s skyscrapers.


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