Lot 632
  • 632

Oscar Rabin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Oscar Rabin
  • Landscape II
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 77 t.l.; further titled in Cyrillic, dated 1977 and inscribed no.674 on reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 110cm., 31 1/2 by 43 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of light surface dirt and lines of craquelure throughout. There are flecks of paint-loss to the blue in the lower right corner and a small area of paint-loss along the left edge. There is a horizontal scratch below the upper edge and some small surface scratches in places elsewhere. UV light reveals retouching to a small area of damage just below the left end of the signature. Some pigments fluouresce under UV. Unframed.
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