oil and compound on canvas laid on masonite
140 x 120 cm (55 x 47 1/4 in.)
signed, titled, and dated Nikolai Kasatkin Sunset (Traces of Civilization) 2004 on the verso in Cyrillic

PROVENANCEAcquired directly from the ArtistPhillips de Pury & Co., New York, March 31, 2008, Lot 98EXHIBITEDThrough the Past to the Future, Fondo del Sol Museum, Washington, D.C., November 25, 2005 - January 20, 2006Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, 2006Annual Tretyakov Ball, New York, November 8, 2006LITERATUREV. Patsyukov, Nikolai Kasatkin: In Transition, Moscow, 2002A. Gertsman, Ed., 2006 Annual Tretyakov Ball, American Friends of The Tretyakov Gallery, New York, 2006