Lot 258
  • 258

Alessio Issupoff

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alessio Issupoff
  • portrait of a man said to be Fedor Chaliapin
  • signed in Latin l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 100 by 75cm., 39 1/2 by 29 1/2 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Threre are patches of paint shrinkage in places and minor paint abrasions along the edges. UV light reveals a few minor spots of retouching to the background. Held in a gold painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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