Lot 285
  • 285

Anatoly Zverev

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anatoly Zverev
  • Cat
  • signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 56 l.l.
  • oil on fiberboard
  • 36.5 by 55cm, 14 1/2 by 21 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Igor Markevich in Moscow, 1960s

Condition

The fiberboard is sound. The surface appears a little dirty with some scattered craquelure and a few very minor flakes of paint loss. Overall the paint layer is stable. Under UV there are no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a painted wooden frame with some significant loss to the paint at the upper left edge. Unexamined out of frame.
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