Lot 267: Sold for £1,000 hammer
A Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables Auction to include BBC TV's Bargain Hunt,
Thursday 26th March 2026
Leonid Tikhomirov (Russian, 1926 – 2016) and Olga Tikhomirov (Russian, b.1937), 'Galina Ulanova at Home', 1967/68, large scale oil on canvas, signed, inscribed and dated by hand verso, original Russian label verso, also labels verso for Roy Miles Fine Paintings, 3 Berkley Square, London, 99cm by 124cm, framed.
NB: Galina Ulanova (Russian, 1910 - 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and an important figure in Russian history, it is documented that Galina Ulanova would sit for Leonid and Olga Tikhomirov to paint her. Ulanova was prima ballerina assoluta at the Bolshoi theatre for 16 years, and then danced the title role in the world premiere of Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella. Ulanova was one of the few dancers to be awarded Hero of Socialist Labour, and the only one to receive this honour twice, she was also awarded the highest exclusively artistic national title, People's Artist of the USSR and she was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941, 1946, 1947, 1950, and the Lenin Prize in 1957.
Provenance: Roy Miles Fine Paintings, 3 Berkeley Square, London, Purchased for £70,000 December 14th 1988. Also, exhibited at 'The Penny Royal Theatre Exhibition of Russian Paintings 1920 - 1980 at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, February 1989, in aid of The British Red Cross Armenia Earthquake Appeal', exhibit number 1, described as 'a study of the world famous ballerina Galina Ulanova in a pensive mood on a favourite sofa at home'.
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