Lot 13
  • 13

Yefim Ladyzhensky

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yefim Ladyzhensky
  • The Boathouse (from the Odessa of My Youth series)
  • signed in Cyrillic l.r.; inscribed in Cyrillic and numbered 125 on the stretcher 
  • oil on canvas
  • 89 by 99 cm., 35 by 39 in.

Condition

Original canvas. The paint surface is slightly dirty with some very minor abrasion to the upper left hand edge. No retouching is visible under UV light. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

Yefim Ladyzhensky's expressive compositions mostly reference the sights, sounds and bustle of life in his native city Odessa. His narrative pictures, painted in a deliberately primitive style, demonstrate both charm and an authentically independent vision. Many of his works are inspired by the stories of Isaak Babel.