Curious portrait Bukowskis in Stockholm

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Сообщение от Eriksson

By the way, anyone know who the author pictures the lot in 1149? At the auction held as "unknown." Rowe, Rum? Lilac good, and the people twice raised the price ...

While the author can not define, but clearly the signature looks like: NR 1914. But who is NR once something does not remember.: shy:
Interestingly, while that on a stretcher on Repin written?
And this is not Repin whether the hour? His style is very similar, smear, too, the composition is correct. In 1914, Repin lived in Penates, that is to get to work Karelia, in principle, could easily have. And by the way, he sometimes signed initials "IR" Ve-ry similar to those that are in the picture.
Confused only the state of the canvas and stretcher, but if we assume that provenance is not phony? ..
Who thinks about this? (Only without battering)