42. V. Stankavich
(20th Century)

On the Frontier with Mongolia, near Minusinsk, Siberia

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Stankavich, On the Frontier

On the Frontier with Mongolia, near Minusinsk, Siberia

Black ink and wash with grey and white gouache on grey-green paper, 200 x 295 mm., signed in ink. Provenance: Roman Vishniac. This straightforward study of border guards in a desolate, mountainous landscape becomes chilling when one knows the subject and the circumstances. According to a note on Vishniac’s old mat, the artist had been deported to Siberia. Nothing further is known of him.

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