Lot 83
  • 83

Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov, 1858 - 1923

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov
  • Elk in a Winter Landscape
  • signed in Cyrillic l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 112cm., 24 by 44in.

Condition

The canvas has been strip-lined and is a little loose on the stretcher. The paint surface is rather dirty. Examination under UV reveals no apparent retouching. Held in a painted plaster frame with damage and repainting. Unexamined out of frame.
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