Lot 174
  • 174

Fedot Vasilevich Sychkov, 1870-1958

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fedot Vasilevich Sychkov
  • Two young weavers
  • signed in Cyrillic l.l. and dated 1934
  • oil on canvas
  • 70 by 87cm., 27½ by 34¼in.

Exhibited

Minneapolis, Museum of Russian Art, Perspectives of Russian Art, 5 August 2005 - 8 April 2006

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of light surface dust. Examination under UV light reveals two small patches of retouchings in the lower corners and a handful of very minor flecks to the background. Held in a gold painted carved frame. Unexamined out of frame. The reverse of the canvas has been covered with a protective board.
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