Lot 186
  • 186

Nikolai Konstantinovich Kalmakov

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Konstantinovich Kalmakov
  • iron-clad emmanuel
  • signed with artist's cypher and dated 1935 l.l.; further inscribed on the reverse: Emmanuele Filiberto di Savoia.
                                                    Testa di ferro
                                                    N de Kalmakoff
                                                    Paris 1935
                                                    A XIV
  • oil on cardboard
  • 73 by 54cm., 28 3/4 by 21 1/4 in.

Exhibited

Paris, Musée-galerie de la Seita, Kalmakoff, march 26 - may 17 1986, cat No 42 illustrated in the exhibition catalogue 

Condition

The board is sound. There is a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. There are light surface scratches and areas of staining in places. UV light reveals no signs of retouching. Held ina a gold painted wood frame and unexamined out of frame.
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