Andrey Avinoff Roses and Butterflies

Andrey Avinoff (Russian, 1884–1948), Roses and Landscape with Butterflies, 

the second signed with initial 'A' (lower right)

Watercolor on paper

 66 cm x 50 cm  Framed 75 cm 59 cm 

25.98 x 19.69 inches - 29.53 x 23.23 inches

Provenance: Private Geneva Estate Collection

Andrey Avinoff (14 February 1884 – 16 July 1949) was an internationally-known Russian - American artist, lepidopterist, museum director, professor, bibliophile and iconographer, who served as the director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh from 1926 to 1945.

Relatives : Elizabeth Shoumatoff (sister), Alex Shoumatoff (grandnephew) Scientific 

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