Lot 363
  • 363

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov

Estimate
55,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov
  • Holy Land
  • signed in Latin and dated 1934 l.r.; further signed and inscribed in Latin and numbered 21 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 65cm., 20 by 25 1/2 in.

Provenance

The artist's family, circa 1955
Thence by descent

Condition

Original canvas which is slightly undulated in places. There is an L-shaped tear to the centre of the sky with some associated very minor flecks of paintloss. There is a layer of surface dirt and craqulure in places throughout. There is a faint stretcher mark along the upper edge. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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