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Ivan Vladimirovich Kosmin
(Russian, 1882-1973)
Portrait of Lilia

Amended
8 June 2016, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £25,000

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Ivan Vladimirovich Kosmin (Russian, 1882-1973)

Portrait of Lilia
signed in Cyrillic and titled 'Lilia' (middle right)
oil on canvas
64 x 52.5cm (25 3/16 x 20 11/16in).

Footnotes

Elizaveta Feodorovna Lanzide (1903-1986), 'Lilia', was an artist, who graduated from the Shtiglitz Academy of Fine Arts. Her grandmother was the cousin of the famous Russian writer, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. In her diary Lilia wrote about Kosmin: This short acquaintance became a life-long friendship. He wrote this himself in the notes on postcards of my portrait that he sent me numerous times. ... I was so young and loved by my parents. I just wanted to become an artist and guarded my freedom at the time. All of this is seen in my portrait.

Saleroom notices

Please note that the name of the sitter is Landezen,not Lanzide as stated in the catalogue.

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ICÔNE REPRÉSENTANT LA DÉISIS AVEC LES SAINTS ZOSIME ET SAVVATI Russie, première moitié du XIXe siècle