PORTRAIT OF SERGE OBOLENSKY

Creator(s): Savelii Abramovich Sorin (Painter)

Currently in storage

About this object

Portrait on paper glued to canvas. The portrait represents Colonel Serge Obolensky and was executed by Savelii Sorin in Yalta in 1917. Sitter is shown seated facing slightly to the left with his legs crossed and wearing a Russian wartime uniform, which is only sketched. Face and hands are almost finished. On his left breast appears the order of St. George the Holy Martyr.

Object name:

PORTRAIT OF SERGE OBOLENSKY

Made from:

Chalk on paper -- canvas

Made in:

Yalta, Russia

Date made:

1917

Size:

101.6 x 76.8 cm (40 x 30 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

51.104

Class:

PAINTING

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE; DATE S. Sorin 1917 lower left In Cyrillic

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973