Lot 143: * GLOUSCHENKO, NIKOLAI (1901-1977) Bird Cherries in Bloom in the Carpathians

* GLOUSCHENKO, NIKOLAI (1901-1977) Bird Cherries in Bloom in the Carpathians , signed and dated 1961, also further titled in Cyrillic and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 77 by 98 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the Art Fund of the USSR, in the 1960s-1970s (label on the stretcher).
Acquired from the above by Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, in the 1970s (label on the backboard).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, Japan.