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Lot 230
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Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
  • Ulitsa Brodskogo, Leningrad
  • signed in Cyrillic and indistinctly dated 76 l.r.; further signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 89.5 by 120.5cm, 35 1/2 by 47 1/4 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is a light layer of surface dirt. There are small patches of paint loss around the edges, mainly to the bottom right and top left hand corner, probably caused to frame abrasion. There are further areas of paintloss to the top window of the yellow building on the right and an area in the upper part of the sky 3cm long. There are two patches of paper glued to the canvas along the main horizontal road. UV light reveals evidence of retouching to the figures on the street and a small area on the botom section of the church to the left. Unframed
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