FEDOT SYCHKOV (RUSSIAN 1870-1958)
Peasant Gathering,
oil on canvas laid on board
26.5 x 32.3 cm (10 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
framed dimensions: 39 x 45 cm (15 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
signed lower right

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Moscow in the 1930's by Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich. Dr. Adolphus S. Rumreich served as the physician at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia from 1935 to 1938. While there, he and his wife, Edna Irene Hall Rumreich, assembled a sizeable collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art and books then being sold by the Soviet government. They often accompanied Ambassador Joseph Davies and his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, when they visited Torgsin and other Soviet agencies selling antiques to foreign dignitaries.
Thence by descent
Private Collection, Chatham, NJ since 2011

CONDITION
Observed out of frame, the work is in good condition, some overall surface grime, scattered craquelure, minuscule losses along the perimeter, some waviness to the canvas on the right side due the way it is laid. UV light inspection showed two small retouched areas along the left edge and along the upper edge.

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