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Portrait of Fyodor Sologub
Artist:
Boris Kustodiev
Date:
1907
Media:
Graphite and coloured pencils and watercolours on cardboard
Dimensions:
46 x 33 cm
Ownership:
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Provenance:
Nikolai Ryabushinsky collection, Moscow; State Museum Fund (until 1927)
Nikolai Ryabushinsky collection, Moscow; State Museum Fund (until 1927)
Style:
World of Art
This portrait of Fyodor Sologub was commissioned from Boris Kustodiev in 1907 by Nikolai Ryabushinsky, editor and publisher of the Golden Fleece magazine. Five years later, in 1912, the artist also sculpted a bust of the writer.
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