Lot 69
  • 69

Lykourgos Kogevinas

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lykourgos Kogevinas
  • The Acropolis, Athens
  • signed in Greek lower left
  • oil on canvas laid on board
  • 33 by 46cm., 13 by 18in.

Provenance

In the family of the present owner since the 1960s, thence by descent

Condition

The canvas has been laid on board. Ultra-violet light reveals very minor spots of retouching, notably in the trees to the centre. The picture is otherwise in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a wooden gilt frame with white inner slip.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in the 1920s. A similar, larger version of this painting is in the collection of the National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens.