Petr Petrovich Sokolov

(1821–1899, St Petersburg)

The Borki Train

signed in Cyrillic and dated lower right: 1888
gouache, gold paint and pencil on paper laid on canvas unframed: 102.5 x 144.5 cm.
framed: 160 x 202 cm.

Literature

'Lettres Parisiennes', Journal de Monaco, no. 1636, 10 December 1889, mentioned in the text; F. Bulgakov, Nashi khudozhniki, St Petersburg 1890 (reprinted 2002), p. 176 (as Krushenie tsarskago poezda 17-go oktyabrya 1888 g.).
O. Spitsyna, Petr Petrovich Sokolov, Moscow 1953, p. 104.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1889;
Probably St Petersburg, 1900;
St Petersburg, Florida, Museum of Fine Arts, Five Centuries of Russian Art, 12 January – 11 June 1995.