Lot 639
  • 639

Vladimir Weisberg

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vladimir Weisberg
  • Composition with sphere
  • signed with initials t.l. and dated 79
  • oil on canvas
  • 50.2 by 46.2cm., 19 3/4 by 18 1/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Basmadjian, Paris

Exhibited

Exhibition catalogue V.Weisberg, 1943-1985, Moscow: The State Tretyakov Gallery, 1994, cat.no.579

 

Exhibition catalogue Times of Change. Art in the Soviet Union 1960-1985, St Petersburg: The State Russian Museum, 2006, p.270, cat.no.339

Literature

St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, Times of Change. Art in the Soviet Union 1960-1985, 2006

Condition

Original canvas. There is some light surface dirt but otherwise the picture is in good condition and ready to hang. UV light reveals one very minor fleck of possible retouching. Held in black painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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