Lot 452
  • 452

Oleg Vassiliev

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

Description

  • Oleg Vassiliev
  • Autumn Portrait
  • signed, titled and dated 1981 on the reverse
  • oil and pencil on canvas
  • 180.5 by 140cm.; 71 by 55 1/8 in.

Provenance

Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1987

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of light wear along the edges, and a fine and unobtrusive tension crack running intermittently along the extreme right side edge. Extremely close inspection reveals a pinhead-sized puncture in the centre of the composition, which is likely to be inherent to the work's execution. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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