Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 163*
Gleb Derujinsky(Russian/American, 1888-1975)'Upheaval'
height: 41.5cm (16 1/4in).
height: 41.5cm (16 1/4in).
25 November 2020, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Jacqueline Senior
Catalogue Administration Manager
Gleb Derujinsky (Russian/American, 1888-1975)
'Upheaval'
realistically modelled as a nude female kneeling with knees apart, her arms raised and folded across the face; torso slightly twisted with chest moving forward, face partially obscured by the elegant arm-fold is turned to the left; on the back figure's left leg is folded underneath the figure, the right leg bent at the knee is outstretched to the back; on oval free-form pedestal
incised in Latin on pedestal (lower left)
painted plaster
height: 41.5cm (16 1/4in).
realistically modelled as a nude female kneeling with knees apart, her arms raised and folded across the face; torso slightly twisted with chest moving forward, face partially obscured by the elegant arm-fold is turned to the left; on the back figure's left leg is folded underneath the figure, the right leg bent at the knee is outstretched to the back; on oval free-form pedestal
incised in Latin on pedestal (lower left)
painted plaster
height: 41.5cm (16 1/4in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Gift from the artist to a private American collector
Thence by descent
Present lot is a smaller version of the monumental sculpture 'Upheaval" completed by the artist in 1938, which won him a Gold medal from the National Academy in the USA.