Lot 310
  • 310

Martiros Sergeevich Saryan, 1880-1972

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Martiros Sergeevich Saryan
  • on the outskirts of Dvin
  • signed in Armenian l.r. and in Cyrillic l.l. and dated 62; further signed in Armenian and Cyrillic on reverse, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1962
  • oil on canvas
  • 60 by 80.5cm., 20½ by 31¾in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are vertical lines of craquelure throughout - the work may have been taken off the stretcher and rolled at one stage. The paint surface is a little dirty. Examination under uv reveals some retouching in places to the aforementioned craquelure. Held in a painted wooden and mouled plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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