'He that is without sin', 1908 signed in Cyrillic and dated '8' for 1908 (lower left); stretcher inscribed with Cyrillic monogram 'VP' (twice), number 2, with partial label inscribed by Maria Vasilievna Polenova with the title and 'Number 5' oil on canvas 118 x 239cm (46 7/16 x 94 1/8in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE: Part of the series of paintings The Life of Christ completed by the artist in late 1890-1900s Acquired by Charles R. Crane at the Russian Art Exhibition, New York, April 1924 Presented by the above to a North American Institution, 1 August 1924
EXHIBITED: St. Petersburg, as part of the series The Life of Christ, 1908 Moscow, as part of the series The Life of Christ, 1909 Orel, Kharkov, Kiev, Ekaterinoslav and Kazan', as part of the 'Peredvizhniki' exhibition, 1909 Prague, as part of the series The Life of Christ, 1910 New York, Grand Central Palace, The Russian Art Exhibition, 1924, no.628 Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Bonhams Pre-sale Exhibition, 25 October-7 November, 2011
LITERATURE: The album, Iz zhizni Khrista, 1908, illustrated The album, V. Polenov, Iz Zhizni Khrista, Prague, 1912, illustrated The Russian Art Exhibition, Grand Central Palace, New York, 1924, exhibition catalogue, section: Vasili Polenov, number 628, illustrated on the following page Helen Rubissow, The Art of Russia, Philosophical Library, New York, 1946, illustrated Alison Hilton, The exhibition of Experiments in St. Petersburg and the Independent Sketch, in Art Bulletin, volume LXX, 1988, page 677-698 Art Bulletin, volume LXXI, number 4, page 695, illustrated He that is without sin and He is guilty of death, an article on the two paintings by Polenov, Tretyakov Gallery Magazine, December-January 2011
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