Lot 116
  • 116

Circle of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • the survivors
  • oil on canvas
  • 97 by 133cm., 38 1/4 by 52 1/2 in.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. There is a light layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. The paint surface is thin in places. UV light reveals areas of retouching in the sky and elsewhere. Held in a gold painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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