Lot 60
  • 60

Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich
  • Market Porter
  • inscribed Sevastopol 1919 and Uchus u Sezanna on the reverse
  • gouache over ink on paper
  • 26 by 13cm, 10 1/4 by 5in.

Provenance

The family of the artist
Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s

Condition

The edges are slightly uneven, particularly the top edge, and the corners are slightly worn. There are surface scratches throughout the composition, notably one horizontal scratch running along the right edge. There is what appears to be an uneven layer of varnish over the paint surface. There is some bubbling in the paint layer. Flecks of very minor paint loss are visible in places. The sheet is attached to the mount in two places along the top edge. Held in a black wooden frame behind plexiglass. Unexamined out of frame.
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