DMITRI KRASNOPEVTSEV (RUSSIAN 1925-1995) Still Life with Broken Jug, oil on board 35.2 x 49.5 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.) signed lower left PROVENANCEAcquired by poet Boris Slutsky and litterateur Pyotr Zalmanovich Gorelik directly from the artist, 1962Gifted by the above to Aleksandr Davidovich Borovsky, head of the Department of Contemporary Art (Otdel noveishyh techeniy) of the State Russian MuseumAcquired from the above by the present collector, May 1990 EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008EXPERTISEThe verso bears an attribution and dedication by Aleksandr Borovskiy, in Russian: Podtverzhdayu avtorstvo / D. Krasnopevtseva / Rabota sozdana na rubezhe 50-60h g.g. / Priobretena poetom B. Slutskim i / literatorom P.Z. Gorelikom / v 1962 v masterskoy / khudozhnika / A. Borovskiy / zav. otdelom Gos. Russkogo / muzeya / Zhenechke ot Borovskogo A. / mai 90([I] confirm the authorship / of D. Krasnopevtsev / The work was created on the verge of the 1950s-1960s / Acquired by the poet B. Slutsky / and litterateur P. Z. Gorelik / in 1962 in the studio / of the artist / A. Borovskiy / Deputy head of the department of the State Russian / Museum / To Zhenechka from Borovsky A. / May [19]90)
