* DEINEKA, ALEXANDER (1899-1969) Seated Nude Bronze, height 28.5 cm. Executed in the 1950s. Provenance: Collection of the artist’s family until the mid-1990s. Russian Art, Christie’s London, 28 November 2011, lot 133. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Important private collection, USA. Literature: Deineka. Monumentalnoe iskusstvo. Skulptura, Moscow, Interros, 2011, p. 336, No. 50/1, illustrated and listed; pp. 418 and 419, illustrated. Related literature: For similar work, see Monumentalnoe iskusstvo. Skulptura, Moscow, Interros, 2011, p. 336, No. 50/2, listed.