David Gabitashvili

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

David Gabitashvili
Summer in Sukhumi
oil on canvas
130 by 150.5cm, 51 1/4 by 59 1/4 in.
Executed in the 1960s

Catalogue Note

A leading exponent of socialist realism in Soviet Georgia, Gabitashvili painted the present lot during one of the summers he spent in Abkhazia in the 1960s. The artist owned a summer house in the village of Kelasuri, a stone's throw away from Sukhumi. The port and the lush greenery of this popular subtropical summer resort were frequently the subject of Gabitashvili's work.