Lot 5
  • 5

Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
  • On the Beach, Biarritz. Effect at Evening, late 1880s
  • signed I. Pokitonow (lower right); also signed I. Pokitonow, titled Sur la Plage. Biarritz. Effet au Soir, and dated Sept. and indistinctly (on the reverse); inscribed 511 and A304 and labeled 0304 10-8219 and 22.631 (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 4 by 7 1/4 in.
  • 10 by 18.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie Petit, circa 1885
Private Collection, Canada (acquired directly from the above)
Thence by descent

Condition

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This painting is in beautiful condition. It is painted on a flat and stable panel. The paint layer is probably slightly dirty and unvarnished. A small amount of cleaning and varnishing would lend more depth to the picture, which otherwise is in perfect state.
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