* PETROV-VODKIN, KUZMA (1878-1939) The Artist and His Model Charcoal and watercolour on laid paper, 46 by 31 cm. signed with a monogram, further inscribed by the artist in Cyrillic, numbered "N29" and dated "Paris 1906-1907" on the reverse; also further inscribed in Cyrillic "Drawing at the Académie Colarossi/Sitting Model and Head with Pipe" by the artist's widow. Provenance: Collection of Ya.E. Rubinshtein, Moscow. Authenticity certificate from the expert E. Zhukova Exhibited: Russkaya grafika XVIII-XX vekov iz sobranii I.V. Kachurina i Ya.E. Rubinshteina, Leningrad, 1982.