Lot 98
  • 98

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky
  • a pair of portraits from Gogol's Government Inspector
  • both signed in Latin l.r. and dated 1935, both stamped with artist's stamp and further inscribed
  • both ink on paper
  • image size of both: 36.5 by 27cm., 14¼ by 10½in.

Condition

Apart from some very minor spots of staining, the overall condition is good. Held in matching wooden frames and under glass. Unexamined out of frames.
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Catalogue Note

The portraits depict the postmaster and Liapkin-.Tiapkin, the Judge