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Lot 385
  • 385

Nikolai Fechin

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Fechin
  • Still Life with Mexican Pottery Pig
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 66cm, 20 by 26in.

Provenance

Fechin Estate, Taos, New Mexico
Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired by the present owner directly from the above in 1984

Condition

Original canvas. There are some minor frame abrasions along the edges and associated flecks of paint loss. A faint stretcher bar mark is visible along the top edge. There are areas of craquelure, in particular in the top right quadrant and the left of middle area, as well as a very small area of raised craquelure near the middle right edge. There are scattered flecks of paint loss, in particular to the left side. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered minor retouchings to the pig, lantern, bottle and all fruit. Held in a wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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