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Lot 147
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Aleksei Mikhailovich Korin

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Aleksei Mikhailovich Korin
  • The Monk
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1919 l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 by 53cm, 18 1/2 by 20 3/4 in.

Provenance

A.Tutunov, Moscow
Acquired from the family of the above by the present owner

Literature

V.Lapshin (ed.), The Artist Alexei Mikhailovich Korin: Collected Documents and Exhibition Catalogue 1865-1923, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1981, listed p.76

Condition

There are pinholes along the edges of the board. There is some very minor paint loss along the bottom and right edge probably from frame abrasion. There is a small chip of paintloss to the sky to the right of the monk's hat and to the town in the distance. There is a light surface scratch above monk's head. UV light reveals no apparent retouching. Some pigmments flouresce under UV. Held in a wooden frame.
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