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Lot 116
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Alexander Karlovich Beggrov

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Karlovich Beggrov
  • Day, Venice
  • signed in Latin and dated 1905 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 44 by 64cm, 17 1/4 by 25 1/4 in.

Provenance

Dame Celia Lipton Farris, Florida

Exhibited

St. Petersburg, Moscow, XXXIV Itinerant Exhibition, 2 March 1906 - 6 May 1906

Literature

G.Romanov (Ed.), The Society of Itinerant Fine Art Exhibitions 1871-1923; An Encyclopaedia, St Petersburg: Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2003, p.300, illustrated and listed as No. 2-7 Den'. Venetsiya.

Condition

The surface is covered with a layer of varnish. The work appears to have been cleaned and restored. There are some very minor spots of craquelure but it is in overall fine condition. Under UV pigment fluoresces in the sky and in some areas of the scene below. Held in a gold painted wood frame with plaster molding. Unexamined out of frame.
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