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Ilya Efimovich Repin
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description
- Ilya Efimovich Repin
- Portrait of a Judean
- signed in Cyrillic l.r.; with handwritten authentication by the artist's daughter, Vera, on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 50.25 by 45.5cm, 19 3/4 by 18in.
Condition
Original canvas. The paint surface is quite dirty with a layer of yellowed varnish. Some faint stretcher marks are visibel to the top of the canvas. UV light reveals retouching to a horizontal line to the left of the subject's head as well as some further retouching to the edges of the canvas and some other minor flecks elsewhere. Held in a wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'Like a hopeless drunkard, I cannot keep away from evangelistic subjects... they possess me', Repin confessed to Anatoly Konin in a letter of 1921.
This powerful and expressive portrait forms part of a group of studies on New Testament themes, which Repin produced in the mid 1880s, but which were never developed into final larger work. It relates most closely to Judas Iscariot (1885) in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (fig.1).