Valentin Alexandrovitch Serov, Russian, 1865 to 1911, oil painting on board, Abramtsevo Pond. Signed with initials, lower left. Framed. Provenance: Raydon Gallery, New York. An original paper label of the gallery is on the backside. Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov is a Russian painter and draftsman, one of the main and most popular portraitists of Russian Modern art at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Academician, full member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. One of a kind artwork.