Ilya Repin (b. Tschuguev, Kharkiv province 1844, d. Kuokkala (Repino), Finland 1930)
“Rustam and Zorab”. Illustration for the Tadzhik poem “Shakhname”. Signed and dated Il. Repin 1916 Rustam and Zorab (in Cyrillic). Drawing ink, pencil, gouache and watercolour on paper laid on paper. Sheet size 22×33 cm.
Tadzhik is a Central Asian language spoken by populations in Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, and Northern Afghanistan.
The prominent Russian art historian V. Moskwinov wrote an article in “The Communist of Tadghikistan” on 28 September 1955 about the present drawing. He mentions that the drawing was found in a private collection in Moscow and never published before. Furthermore, he writes that the motif is very close to another of Ilya Repin's paintings with Tsar Ivan the Terrible killing his son, compared to Rustam, who also kills his son, Zorab.
Provenance: Acquired by present owner in the Minotaure Gallery in Tel Aviv, who previously acquired it from The Zochowitzki Collection, Israel.
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Russian art & icons, 8 June 2018
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