Lot 197
  • 197

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky
  • Two designs from the 1926 production Platov's Cossacks in Paris
  • both signed with artist's cypher in Latin l.l., stamped with Akim Tamirov collection stamp on the reverse
  • watercolour with pen and ink over pencil on paper
  • image size of each: 40 by 55.5cm., 15¾ by 21½in.

Provenance

The Collection of Akim Tamirov, USA

Condition

The sheets appear sound, there are minor handling marks and some creasing and buckling. The paper has yellowed a bit. There are very faint spots of foxing in places. The colours are fresh. Held in a modern wood frame and behind perspex; unexamined out of frame
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