Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957),  Pavillion at the Porcelain Exhibition in Sèvres. Photo Sotheby's

signed M Dobujinskiy and indistinctly dated (lower left); oil on card; 20 3/4 by 23 1/2 in. 53 by 60 cm. Estimate 40,000-60,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, April 21, 2005, lot 91, illustrated

EXHIBITED: Paris, Musèe de Montmarte, Russes, 2003

LITTERATURE: Musèe de Montmarte, Russes, Paris, 2003, p. 91, illustrated

CATALOGUE: In 1929 Dobuzhinsky helped organize and design the first official exhibition of Russian porcelain and ceramics in the West, at the National Museum of Ceramics in Sèvres, France. He designed the exhibition halls in Russian Empire style, rooted in French Neoclassicism.

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