Lot 63
  • 63

School of Pavel Filonov

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • School of Pavel Filonov
  • Composition with Figures
  • watercolour and mixed media on paper
  • sheet size: 13 by 17.5cm, 5 1/4 by 6 3/4 in.

Provenance

Evdokia Nikolaevna Glebova, the artist's sister
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Pavel Filonov in the 1920s: The Physiology of Painting, 1992, no.18

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Pavel Filonov in the 1920s: The Physiology of Painting, Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1992, p.66, no.18 listed as a work by Pavel Filonov; p.70, no.18 illustrated

Condition

The sheet is undulating very slightly. The top left corner has frayed and there is a very minor associated loss to the ink border. The bottom edge is slightly uneven and has frayed.There is a tiny nick to the top edge and another to the centre of the left edge. The sheet has discoloured and there is a light covering of surface dirt with handling marks along the edges. The sheet is attached to its mount in all four corners. Held behind glass in a partially gilt wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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