Troika [Palekh]

Product Description

Palekh Troika (Палехская Тройка). A classic theme of Palekh painters throughout the ages, and in Russian art in general. For those not in the know, a troika is a turn-of-the-century carriage or sleigh pulled by three horses. Palekh artists use traditional colors: red and gold for the horses and blue and white for the icy snow. In a real-life troika, the center horse holds to a straight line while the two opposite pulling horses generate the high speeds that are typical of a well-balanced troika.

Papier-mache, egg tempera paints, lacquer. Detailed decorative freehand scroll border in gold and silver. A small gem of a box, signed by the artist. Approximately 2¾" x 2" x 1". 1 only.

An elegant lacquer box by Viktor Petrovich Krivtsov, born in 1943 in Novoaleksandrovsk, a city in the Stavropol Territory of Russia (Новоалександровский Ставропольский край).  From 1957 until 1962, Viktor Petrovich studied at the Palekh Art School and subsequently was employed in the Palekh art-production workshops. He the son of Anna Semyenova Krivtsova (1925-2010), and an ancestral painter. His work is especially prized in private museums in Holland.

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