Lot 420
  • 420

Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky
  • Troika
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1878 l.l.
  • oil on board
  • 20 by 27.5cm., 8 by 10 3/4 in.

Exhibited

St Petersburg, Museum of the Academy of Arts, 1951

Condition

The board has slightly bowed. There is some light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. There are frame abrasions along the edges. UV light reveals some spots of retouching to the edges and elsewhere. Held in a gold painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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