Lot 13: f - Yefim Ladyzhensky , 1911-1982 The Boathouse (from the Odessa of My Youth series) oil on canvas

signed in Cyrillic l.r.; inscribed in Cyrillic and numbered 125 on the stretcher oil on canvas

89 by 99 cm., 35 by 39 in.

Yefim Ladyzhensky's expressive compositions mostly reference the sights, sounds and bustle of life in his native city Odessa. His narrative pictures, painted in a deliberately primitive style, demonstrate both charm and an authentically independent vision. Many of his works are inspired by the stories of Isaak Babel.