Study of a camel

Details

ALEKSEI KIVSHENKO (1851-1895)
Study of a camel
signed in Cyrillic 'A. Kivshenko.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 x 14 1/4 in. (27.8 x 36.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 1992, lot 78 (misattributed to Vasilii Vereshchagin).
Acquired at the above sale by Ann and Gordon Getty.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Aleksei Kivshenko is best known for his military, genre and hunting scenes. In 1891 Kivshenko accompanied the archaeological expedition of the art historian Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) to Palestine and Syria; the nature and local life of the Middle East inspired numerous sketches and studies that he brought back with him to Russia.

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