REPIN, ILYA (1844–1930) Portrait of the Violinist Cecilia Hansen, signed. Oil on board, 193 by 93 cm. Executed in 1922. Provenance: Collection of the artist, Penaty, Kuokkala. Thence by descent. Collection of Vera Repina, the artist’s daughter. Russian Art, Sotheby’s New York, 15 April 2008, lot 111. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, UK. Authenticity certificate from the expert V. Petrov. Exhibited: Ilja Rjepin, Yurij Rjepin and Vasili Levi, Salon Strindberg, Helsinki, 1927. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Ilja Rjepin, Yurij Rjepin and Vasili Levi, Helsinki, Lindbergs Tryckeri Aktiebolag, 1927, listed.