Alexander Kharitonov

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1960s

Paul Sjeklocha and Igor Mead, Unofficial Art in the Soviet Union, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1967, p. 182, fig. 73, illustrated

Oil on canvas. The surface is slightly dirty and covered with a layer of varnish. There is a minor horizontal indentation across the upper half of the canvas. Under UV no pigments appear to fluoresce. Held in a wood frame with molding. Unexamined out of frame.
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