a) 'Portrait of the Countess Nataliya Gagarina', 1935, pencil on paper, 46.5 x 30.5 cm (18 1/4 x 12 in.) [sight], signed, titled and dated lower right; stamped "Estate Property Mstislav Valerianovich Dobujinsky" on verso

NOTES: Dobuzhinsky knew the Gagarins from his years spent in the Art and Literary Colony in the village of Kholomki in 1919-1922. The colony was founded in the former estate of Countess Maria Dmitrievna Gagarina. Dobuzhinsky`s wife, Elisabeth, was managing the estate while countess Maria Dmitrievna`s daughter, S.A. Gagarina, worked there. b) 'Portrait of a Girl', 1942, pencil on paper, 35 x 26 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.) [sight], signed and dated lower right; stamped "Estate Property Mstislav Valerianovich Dobujinsky" on verso
c) 'Portrait of a Woman', 1938, pencil on paper, 34.4 x 24.2 cm (13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) [sight], signed and dated lower left; stamped "Estate Property Mstislav Valerianovich Dobujinsky" on verso
d) 'Portrait of a Man', 19[2]8, pencil on paper, 30 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.) [sight], signed lower left and signed and dated lower center; stamped "Estate Property Mstislav Valerianovich Dobujinsky" on verso


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Estate of Mstislav Dobujinsky