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A Recruit

A Recruit

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Nikonova (copy after Il' ya Yefimovich Repin)

Artist
Nikonova (copy after Il' ya Yefimovich Repin)
(Russian, 20th century) (Russian [Ukrainian], 1844-1930)
Title
A Recruit
Date
1936 (original 1879)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 x 39 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Joseph E. Davies
Accession No.
37.2.49
Classification
Paintings
Geography
Russia

Related

1937, purchased in U.S.S.R. [now Russia] by Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, gifted to University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Bowlt, John E. "Soviet Paintings in the Joseph E. Davies Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1976-1977. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1977): 34-42.
  • Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. p. 33, no. 51
  • Life Magazine. "Russian Painting." Life Magazine, vol. 14, no. 13, March 29, 1943. p. 46

  • Russian Paintings from the Joseph E. Davies Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/7/1987–3/8/1987
  • Title unknown [Russian paintings]: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 10/3/1974–10/29/1974

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