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Lot 36
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Filipp Andreevich Maliavin

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Description

  • Filipp Andreevich Maliavin
  • The Dance
  • signed in Latin l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 76 by 103.5cm, 30 by 40 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner in the 1930s

Condition

Original canvas, which is a little loose on the stretcher. There is a layer of slightly yellowed varnish. There are some small lines of craquelure in places e.g a small area under the necklace of the figure second from the right, which is slightly raised. A faint stretcher mark is visible along the the lower edge of the composition. There is a small chip of paint loss in the lower right quadrant, which is visible in the catalogue photograph. Some of the red pigments fluouresce under UV light. There appear to be no retouchings. Held in a simple gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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