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

PROVENANCE
Acquired by poet Boris Slutsky and litterateur Pyotr Zalmanovich Gorelik directly from the artist, 1962
Gifted by the above to Aleksandr Davidovich Borovsky, head of the Department of Contemporary Art (Otdel noveishyh techeniy) of the State Russian Museum
Acquired from the above by the present collector, May 1990

EXHIBITED
Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002

The exhibition traveled to:
Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998
Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999
St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999
Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999
Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000
Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005
Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007
St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008

EXPERTISE
The 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)