*LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR (1891-1967) Portrait of the Artists Wfe, Ada Sergeevna Lazo , signed and dated

*LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR (1891-1967) Portrait of the Artist`s Wfe, Ada Sergeevna Lazo , signed and dated 1958. Oil on canvas, laid on panel, 75 by 50.5 cm. " Provenance: Collection of the artist’s wife, A.S. Lazo, Leningrad, until 1993. Thence by descent. Collection of A.A. Saltykova (Lazo), St Petersburg. Acquired directly from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by A.A. Lazo (inscription on the reverse). Authenticity has also been confirmed by the experts T. Levina and T. Mikhienko. Literature: V. Petrov, Vladimir Vasil’evich Lebedev, 1891–1967 , Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972, p. 240, illustrated, incorrectly dated 1954; p. 266, listed under works from 1958."