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Lot 319
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Solomon Borisovich Nikritin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Solomon Borisovich Nikritin
  • A Square in Moscow
  • titled and further inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 46 on the reverse
  • oil on masonite
  • 44 by 64cm, 17 1/4 by 25 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by George Costakis from the artist's widow

Condition

The board appears sound. The paint surface is slightly dirty, especially to the lower centre edge. There is a line of craquelure running across the lower left corner and some minor chips of paintloss to the inner frame edges. Held in a modern wooden frame.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in 1946.