Lot 231
  • 231

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky
  • Design for a Mural
  • signed with artist's monogram l.r. and dated 1932; further stamped with artist's monogram stamp l.l.
  • gouache on canvas
  • 26 by 55cm., 10¼ by 21¾in.

Provenance

The family of the artist

Condition

The canvas has been strip-lined. The paint surface is slightly dirty and there are areas of flaking paint in places. Under uv some pigments fluouresce, but there appear to be no retouchings. Held in a moulded plaster and wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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