Lot 155
  • 155

David Davidovich Burliuk

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • David Davidovich Burliuk
  • Sailboats Along the Japanese Coast
  • Signed in Cyrillic and dated 1921 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 14 7/8 by 18 in.
  • 37.8 by 45.7 cm.
  • Painted in 1921.

Provenance

Mr. Griesha Sachnoff, Brooklyn, New York, acquired in the 1920s
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The canvas is unlined. There is a small puncture 1/4 inch long in the sky above the trees on the right. There are a few minor scattered losses, likely chipped imapsto, in the lower right corner; a few very small scattered minor losses in the upper left corner; and a small loss 1/2 inch long along the bottom edge near the lower left corner. Under UV light: an area of the dark-colored impasto in the lower right quadrant fluoresces under UV light.
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