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Lot 431
  • 431

Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky
  • Picking Flowers
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1924 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 84 by 70cm, 35 by 27 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, Russian Paintings, 10 June 2009, lot 347

Condition

Original canvas. The surface is covered with a layer of varnish. There is a small pin hole in the upper left corner and another in the upper right corner. There is a faint horizontal stretcher line visible across the top edge. There is a very minor spot of paint loss along the mid-left section of the painting. Under UV no pigment appears to fluoresce though varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. Held in a white painted wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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