Bidspirit auction | RUSSIAN PAINTING AFTER V.BASOV. LENIN

RUSSIAN PAINTING AFTER V.BASOV. LENIN AND PEASANTS, 1953 - Oil on canvas. Unsigned. AFTER V.N.BASOV. LENIN AND PEASANTS OF SHUSHENKSKOJE VILLAGE, 1953 Vasily Nikolaevich Basov (1918-1962, Moscow) was a Soviet artist and laureate of the Stalin Prize (1951). His works are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Basov's painting ”V. I. Lenin And the Peasants of the Village of Shushenskoye” is depicted on a Soviet stamp from 1953. Provenance: Purchased at Claydon Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, United Kingdom, Nov 10, 2017 Dimensions Unframed 43” x 61” Framed 45'' x 64''. Condition Generally good with some losses to the paint.