Lot 54
  • 54

Aleksey Ilych Kravchenko, 1889-1940

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexei Ilych Kravchenko
  • reclining nude
  • inscribed on the stretcher and with title in Cyrillic and dated 1919
  • oil on canvas
  • 48.5 by 66.5cm., 19 by 26¼in.

Condition

Original canvas. The paint surface is slighjtly dirty and there are a few spots of paintloss in places and a small dent to the canvas top right. Examination under uv reveals minor flecks of retouching along the edges and elsewhere. Held in a gold painted moulded plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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