Lot 176
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Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev
  • sweet peas
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 by 92cm., 28 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.

Exhibited

Possibly Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exhibition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, April-June 1928
Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, September 1944

Condition

Original canvas, which has a small tear and indentation right of centre. The paint surface is dirty and the varnish has yellowed slightly. There are some fine lines of paint shrinkage in places to the white flowers. There is some light abrasion to spots along the right hand inner frame edge. UV light reveals no retouching but some pigments fluouresce. Held in a silvered wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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