Lot 359
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Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov

Estimate
125,000 - 170,000 GBP
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Description

  • Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov
  • Still Life by a Window, Capri
  • signed in Latin and dated 1930 l.l.; further signed and titled in Latin on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 89.5 by 109cm., 35 1/4 by 43in.

Provenance

The artist's family, circa 1955
Thence by descent

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of light surface dirt and evidence of stretcher marks. In the sky there is a patch of dirt and a second small area of what may be concealed varnish. There is a faint scratch approximately 27cm long running vertically down the lower left edge and a second scratch approximately 10cm long running diagonally through the far right flowerpot. UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Unframed.
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