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Shepherd in Georgia

Shepherd in Georgia

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Vasili Nikolaevich Kostyanitsyn

Artist
Vasili Nikolaevich Kostyanitsyn
(Russian, 1881 - 1940)
Title
Shepherd in Georgia
Date
1934
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
16 x 22 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Joseph E. Davies
Accession No.
37.2.39
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. 27, no. 41

  • Joseph E. Davies and His Collection of Soviet Paintings: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/6/1992–9/27/1992
  • Title unknown [Russian paintings]: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 10/3/1974–10/29/1974

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