Lot 669
  • 669

Alexander Sitnikov

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Sitnikov
  • Red Bull and Wolf
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 81 l.l.; further signed, titled and dated in Cyrillic on reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 174 by 169.5cm., 68 1/2 by 66 3/4 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is some evidence of paint shrinkage and craquelure to the impasto and elsewhere in places. Otherwise the picture is clean and ready to hang. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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