Lot 346
  • 346

A Russian Gilt Bronze Photograph Frame with an Original Graphic Work, late 19th century

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • the reverse of the gouache inscribed in Cyrillic At dusk a young man wanders..., a refrain from a song that became popular during World War II, and signed V. Fedorov, 1968; other stamps suggest that this was an original design for a print 
  • Gilt bronze, gouache on card
  • Height 15 1/4 in.
  • 38.8 cm
in the form of an izba with decorative fretwork and geometric strut, the frame with an original gouache composition on card of a young man and young woman in traditional dress outside of an izba, in the Palekh style

Condition

section at the top apparently lacking, the gouache with scattered losses to the far upper and lower quadrants
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