Lot 673
  • 673

Natalia Nesterova

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Natalia Nesterova
  • City People
  • signed in Latin and dated 1990 on reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 163 by 163cm., 64 1/4 by 64 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Natalya Nesterova, April 17 – June 14, 1992
Aachen, Ludwig Forum Museum fur Internationale Kunst, Natalya Nesterova: Reflections of Time Past, 12 October  –  25 November, 2004
Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Natalya Nesterova, January 18 - 20 February, 2005
St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, Natalya Nesterova, 3 March  –  2 April, 2005

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Natalya Nesterova, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1992, p. 85 (illustrated)
Exhibition catalogue Natalya Nesterova: Russian Wanderings, New York: INTART, 2000, p. 88 (illustrated)
Alexandre Gertsman (ed.) Natalya Nesterova: Reflections of Time Past, Palace Editions, St. Petersburg, 2004, p.139 (illustrated)

 

Condition

Original canvas which is slightly loose on the stretcher. The surface is slightly scratched along the upper edge and the canvas is slightly undulated in the lower right corner. There is some light abrasion to the edges and in patches throughout. There is some paint-loss to the left edge. Unframed.
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