Lot 278
  • 278

Dmitri Mikhailovich Krasnopevtsev

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dmitri Mikhailovich Krasnopevtsev
  • Untitled
  • dedicated by the artist on the reverse
  • oil on masonite
  • 53 by 62cm, 20 3/4 by 24 1/2 in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the  Costakis family in 1964

Literature

A.Ushakov, Dmitrii Krasnopevtsev: Paitings Catalogue, Moscow: BONFI, 2007, p.56, illustrated, p.57, listed no.177

Condition

The board appears sound. There is some light damage in the top left corner and a surface scratch in the top right. There is a layer of surface dirt. The darker red pigment fluouresces under UV, but there is no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a simple grey wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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