Lot 79
  • 79

Sergei Volokhov

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sergei Volokhov
  • proverbs
  • each panel in relief signed and inscribed in Cyrillic, one dated 88 and two dated 987, further signed twice in Latin; each proverb listed in Latin on reverse

  • oil on panel
  • 107 by 30cm., 42 by 11 3/4 in.

Condition

The panels are held together with wooden struts to the reverse. The paint surface is dirty - some of this surface dirt however is intentionally part of the artist's technique. There are some minor chips to the paint surface to the top edge of the first two panels. UV light reveals no retouching. Unframed.
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