Lot 116
  • 116

Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky
  • Apple Tree in Bloom
  • signed in Cyrillic and indistinctly dated 1937 l.r.
  • oil on canvas laid on board
  • 62 by 75cm, 24 1/2 by 29 1/2 in.

Condition

The canvas has been laid on board of slightly larger size and that the board is visible on the front along the bottom edge. There are abrasions along all four edges with associated paint loss. There are surface scratches and cracks with associated paint loss found throughout, with a couple of areas of raised craquelure which appear stable at present. There is a covering of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals retouching along the edges and several minor spots to the sky. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

According to the previous owner, the present work was acquired directly from the artist by Alexei Nikolaevich von Asaulenko (1913-1989), who left the Soviet Union for Germany after the Second World War. Khudozhestvennoe nasledie (Moscow, 1964) lists several works with similar titles painted in 1937, not all of which are accounted for.