Lot 447
  • 447

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov
  • jetty on the river
  • signed in Cyrillic l.l.; dedicated To Anna Karlovna and Oskar Vladimirovich and indistinctly dated April 191* in Cyrillic on the reverse
  • oil on canvas laid on board
  • 37 by 51cm, 14 1/2 by 20in.

Provenance

Purchased in Moscow in the 1950s by the great grandfather of the present owner
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Moscow, Schatz Gallery, Central House of Artists, 1999

Condition

The board appears sound. There are some light frame abrasions to the edges and lines of craquelure in places throughout. There is a scratch in the lower left quadrant approximately 5cm long and the varnish has discoloured. UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a gold painted wood and plaster frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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