ЗАГАДКИ:
- кто заказал и оплатил картину Герасимову?
- в чьей семье хранилась эта картина до сих пор?
DESCRIPTION
- signed in Cyrillic and dated 1944 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- Leading Socialist Realist artist Alexander Gerasimov
- captures the historic meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt & Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- at the Teheran Conference in 1943.
- The conference marked one of the first meetings between Joseph Stalin, FDR and Winston Churchill.
- Among its many achievements was the recognition of Iran's independence from Britain.
PROVENANCE
- Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist, circa 1944)
- Thence by descent
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