Lot 162
  • 162

David Davidovich Burliuk

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • David Davidovich Burliuk
  • Village Houses
  • Signed in Cyrillic (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 19 1/2 by 19 1/4 in.
  • 49.5 by 49 cm.

Provenance

Yakov Evseevich Rubenstein, Russia
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner circa 1981

Exhibited

Tallinn, Fine Art Museum of the Republic of Tallinn, Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors by Russian Artists of the first third of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Ya.E. Rubenstein and T.S. Zhegalova, 1966 (travelling exhibition, visiting Moscow, Novosibirsk, Alma-Ata and Lvov among others)

Condition

The canvas is unlined with undulations visible throughout. The picture surface is in generally good condition, despite surface dirt, though there are some areas of craquelure in the more heavily painted areas, especially the sky. There is also a 1/2 inch loss in the lower right corner. Under UV, there are no apparent signs of inpainting.
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