Noe Nesterovich Gedenidze, Russian/Georgian 1914- 2002- Accountant Practicing,1959; oil on canvas, signed and inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse, 87 x 68cm Provenance: Purchased from the artist's son by the present owner. Note: Gedenidze was an important artist from the Soviet era, before the War he studied at Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, and went onto graduate in 1962 from the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. Along with Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, he painted portraits of party and government leaders. Please refer to department for condition report