Dimensions: 60 x 81 cm
Signed p.d.: 'M. Sterling'
described on the painter's loom with numerous numbers
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands (probably purchased after the 1934 exhibition)
Exhibited
Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam, October 1934 (?)
Biography
Studied painting and sculpture in Moscow, where he participated in the activities of the artistic avant-garde there. In 1922-23 he settled permanently in Paris. He exhibited in Parisian salons, and in 1928 there was a solo show of his works at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. He also exhibited his work in exhibitions in England and Germany. From 1954-56 he lived and worked in Switzerland. He painted mainly still lifes and landscapes.
