* STOZHAROV, VLADIMIR (1926-1973) Autumn in Ochkasovo , signed, also further signed, inscribed "Yarosl. obl.", titled in Cyrillic and dated 1969 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 90 by 149.5 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the Art Fund of the USSR, Moscow, on 27 August 1969, (label on the stretcher). The Garrison Officers' House, Tver. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Important private collection, USA. Authenticity certificate from Vladimir Stozharov, the artist's son. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by V. Swanson, art historian and author of the book, Soviet Impressionist Painting, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. Literature: N. Komova, N. Mazurenko, Vladimir Fyodorovich Stozharov. Zhivopis’. Risunok, Moscow, Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1977, p. 100, listed under works from 1969. V. Swanson, Soviet Impressionist Painting, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, pp. 196–197, pl. 146, illustrated as A Summer Day. Exhibited: Soviet Art in Conflict: The Artist as an Agent of Social Change, Springville Museum of Art, Utah, September 2007–February 2008.