Lot 193
  • 193

Gleb Alexander Ilyin 1889-1968

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Gleb Alexander Ilyin
  • Portrait of Alexei Evgenevich Iacovleff
  • signed G. Ilyin (lower right)
  • oil on canvas.  Together with Gleb Alexander Ilyin, Portrait of Evgenevich Alexei Iacovleff, signed G. Ilyin (lower right), pastel on paper.  (two works)
  • The first: 24 1/4 by 20 1/8, 62 by 51 cm.;
  • the second: sheet: 24 by 18 7/8 in., 61 by 48 cm.

Provenance

Both by descent in the family of the sitters to the present owner

Condition

The first: generally good condition, canvas unlined, somewhat slack, surface soiled, under UV light no apparent inpainting; the second: sheet browned, chipping to edges, small insect hole to lower edge, not examined out of the frame
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Catalogue Note

The portraits depict respectively the brother and the nephew of the artist Alexandre Iacovleff.