Lot 114
  • 114

Georgy Alexandrovich Lapchine

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Georgy Alexandrovich Lapchine
  • Lilacs
  • Signed G Lapchine (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 38 by 50 in.; 96.5 by 127 cm
  • Painted in 1944.

Provenance

Private Collection, Cleveland (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, unlined. Canvas is very slack on the stretcher. Buckling and associated pigment loss and separation at corners. Minor fray in the canvas at upper right edge. Surface in otherwise good condition. Colors are lively and fresh and areas of impasto are well maintained. A half inch abrasion at lower left edge, and pigment separation and loss along extreme lower edge. Additional areas of pigment separation visible in the sky. Under UV light; no apparent inpainting visible.
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