Lot 25
  • 25

Pavel Varfolomeevich Kuznetsov

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pavel Varfolomeevich Kuznetsov
  • Oxen with stones
  • oil on canvas
  • 71.5 by 90cm., 28 1/4 by 35 1/2 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist

Exhibited

Moscow, Vystavka kartin zasluzhennogo deyatelya iskusstv Pavla Kuznetsova, 1931, Cat.No. 21

Literature

L.Budkova and D.Sarabyanov, Pavel Kuznetsov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1975, p.356, No. 483, illustrated p.357

 

Condition

The canvas has been striplined. There are fine lines of craquelure and areas of minor paint loss throughout. UV light reveals an area of retouching above the oxen, to the left of the cart, to the left hand edge and in small patches throughout. Held in an a painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The offered lot was executed in 1931.