Lot 371
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Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov

Estimate
125,000 - 170,000 GBP
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Description

  • Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov
  • Fireworks, Venice
  • signed in Latin and dated 1935 l.r.; further signed and titled in Latin and numbered 5 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 87.5 by 109cm., 34 1/2 by 43in.

Provenance

The artist's family, circa 1955
Thence by descent

Condition

The original canvas is slightly loose on the stretcher. There is a 3cm long tear to the left hand side and a few scuffs elsewhere. There are flakes of paintloss to the sky and eslewhere. Uv light reveals areas of retouching to the sky and elsewhere.
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