Lot 1
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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Crimean Coast
  • signed with initial in Latin l.r.
  • oil on card laid on board
  • 6.5 by 10.5cm., 2 1/2 by 4 1/4 in.

Exhibited

Moscow, Soyuz Sovetskikh Khudozhnikov SSSR, I.K.Aivazovsky: 50 let so dnya smerti, June - July 1950, Cat.No.98

Literature

I.K.Aivazovsky exhibition catalogue, Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik, 1950, p.34, Cat.No.98,

Condition

The card has been laid on board. There are minor flecks of paint loss along the edges and pinholes to the top corners. Uv light reveals no signs of retouching. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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