Lot 70
  • 70

Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov, 1850-1923

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
  • winter landscape with farmhouses near Matrionovka
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 by 65cm., 15¾ by 25½in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to his son
Thence by descent

Condition

Original canvas. There are two patches of repairs on the reverse. There are three small pinholes along the left edge of the canvas. There are faint stretcher marks to the canvas. The paint has chipped in places throughout. The paint surface is dirty. Examination under UV light reveals patches of old retouchings to the sky and elsewhere, however an opaque layer of varnish prevents a more conclusive analysis. Held in a gold painted frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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