Boris Kustodiev [Merchant's Wife at Tea] 1918

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◧ Artist: Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927) 
◧ Country: Russia
◧ Title: [Merchant's Wife at Tea]      
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 120 × 120 cm (47.24" × 47.24") 

◧ Museum: Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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◧ County of Stamp Issue: Russia
◧ Date of Issue: March 3, 1978
◧ Face Value: 12 Russian Kopek
◧ Issued to commemorate the Centennial of Kustodiev's birth


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Merchant’s Wife at Tea is an excellent example of an artistic recollection of resplendent beauties, azure evenings, unhurried tea drinking ceremonies and a seemingly permanent way of life. The sumptuous still-life on the table, the gleaming samovar, the bright watermelon, the marble shoulders of the heroine — the painterly beauty and expressiveness of every detail fill the canvas with light and colour. (excerpt from Google Arts & Culture)
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