At the 11 th Scientific Conference "Examination and attribution," held at the Tretyakov Gallery, the authenticity of the "peasant with a scythe" laboratory confirmed by experts at the Hermitage Museum and the history of religion. Soon cloth put up for auction. Now the situation is in a private collection. The owner does not advertise itself for security reasons.
Before reaching the new master, painting, written in 30-ies of the last century, went through a few owners. However, there is no written evidence of this.
History painting is related to another previously unknown canvas - "Peasant Woman with a rake" - the recently acquired for his collection of the sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. "It is believed that the two works were paired", - says the owner of "peasant".
from hand to hand
They say that the first owner was a collector of both paintings by Nicholas Khardzhiev - a passionate admirer of the Russian avant-in person familiar with Malevich. In his collection of Russian paintings exported overseas in the 1980's, the pictures did not appear.
"It is believed that Khardzhiev gave them 50-60-ies of his friend the writer Lydia Ginzburg, along with several works by avant-garde and Chekrygin Matyushina. She, in turn, referred the cloth to his disciple, and he - the son of ", - says the current owner of the painting.
the vanguard of rising in price
Fabrics Malevich in the 30-ies cost cheap, and the artist often gave them to friends and acquaintances, and buyers in the avant-garde at the time was a little bit. "The proof is the fact that the pictures brought Kazimir Malevich in Germany for the exhibition, had been left there because of the fact that transportation was expensive back. Later, these paintings will find in private collections and museums in Germany ", - says the collector.
One can hardly say that prior to the restructuring of Russian avant-garde cost dearly. Collection of six canvases, including the number and "peasant" Malevich, who buys it cost at that time an art cooperative in the $ 9 thousand paintings for a long time just standing on the floor in a rented apartment cooperative, and the duties to protect them were assigned to the Secretary.
Experts estimate that now over 90%of the canvases, which are issued for the works of famous artists - forgery. Licenses for the analysis, confirming the authenticity of the painting, in Russia have a laboratory at the Hermitage, Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts. AS Pushkin.
The verbal history
Validate in Russia is somewhat different from international practice. Abroad, it is important to the origin (provenance), ie the detailed history of the change of owners of the painting. In Russia, many decades of deal to sell paintings legally no one made out, so this criterion is given less attention. In part to distinguish the original from a fake helps verbal history.
Specialists of the Tretyakov Gallery refrained from answering the question, how often counterfeits Malevich. But confirmed that examine the "peasant with a scythe." "Normally, verification of authenticity of place in several stages and includes the technological and artistic expertise, - tells the painter and art critic Natalia Sviridova.
Determine the age of the picture helps the chemical analysis of canvases and paints, and X-ray tells mother whether the paint layer. Then critics addressed the question of whether we can take the original product. However, it happens that is wrong and expertise. As written in 2007, the media, one of the paintings, a birthday gift to President Putin, was a forgery.
Inna Shubin
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