Lot 198
  • 198

Dmitri Krasnopevtsev

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dmitri Krasnopevtsev
  • Composition with Shell, 1958
  • signed with artists's initial K. (upper left); also signed Krasnopevtzev., inscribed Moscow. and dated 1958 (lower left) 

  • watercolor and ink on paper
  • 16 1/2 by 20 1/4 in.
  • 42 by 51.5 cm

Provenance

David Burliuk, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1960s

Condition

Watercolor and ink on paper. The the surface is a little dirty and there are a couple very minor stains. The sheet is slightly yellowed. There are a couple very small scratches to the composition, but it appears in otherwise fine condition. Held in a modern wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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