Lot 52
  • 52

David Davidovich Burliuk

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • David Davidovich Burliuk
  • In the Woods
  • signed Burliuk and inscribed 1926 (lower right); also inscribed Inwood. N.Y. (lower center)
  • oil on burlap
  • 22 by 26 in., 56 by 66 cm

Provenance

The artist
Thence by descent

Condition

Oil on burlap. The surface is covered with a layer of varnish. There are some spots of minor craquelure. Very nice impasto work. The canvas is very slightly buckled in spots. There is a small brown stain hear the upper left corner. Under UV no pigments appear to fluoresce but varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. Held in a gold painted wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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