Lot 40
  • 40

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev
  • fishermen at Calvi
  • signed in Latin and dated Calvi 1930 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 82.5 by 63cm., 32 1/4 by 24 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1980s

Exhibited

Boulogne Billancourt, Musée des années 30, Alexande Iacovleff, Itinérances, 31 March- 14 August 2004

Literature

Musée des années 30 exhibition catalogue, Alexande Iacovleff, Itinérances, Paris: Somogy éditions d'art, 2004, p. 26 illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. The paint surface is slightly dirty. There is some light frame abrasions below the inner frame edge. There is a drip of gold paint top right. UV light reveals no retouching. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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