* KUSTODIEV, BORIS (1878-1927) Venice , signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1913 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 69 by 87.5 cm Provenance: Collection of L.M. Mandelshtam, Leningrad, in the 1960s–1970s. Letter confirming receipt of the painting for the Kustodiev exhibition from the above by the Research Museum of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Leningrad, 1968. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the experts V. Kruglov and G. Krechina. Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert O. Atroshchenko. Exhibited: Vystavka proizvedenii Borisa Mikhailovicha Kustodieva 1878–1927, the Research Museum of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Leningrad, June–October 1968, No. 884 (label on the reverse). Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Vystavka proizvedenii Borisa Mikhailovicha Kustodieva 1878–1927, Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1969, p. 17, listed under works from 1913.