Lot 82
  • 82

Boris Vasilievich Bessonov, 1862-1934

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Vasilievich Bessonov
  • winter sunlight
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 46.5 by 55.5cm., 18¼ by 21¾in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. A fine vertical crack 10cm long in the centre of the sky. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals a layer of opaque varnish, but no retouching seems visible. Held in a painted moulded plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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