BOGDANOV-BELSKY, NIKOLAI (1868–1945) Bringing Brushwood from a Forest, signed. Oil on canvas, 80.5 by 69 cm. Provenance: Collection of Dr Igor Kistiakovsky, Paris (label on the stretcher). Private collection, USA. Russian Art, Sotheby’s New York, 15 April 2008, lot 107. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, UK. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Literature: Reproduced on a postcard published by Berlin, Verlag Olga Diakova & Co., 1920s.