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Lot 156
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Konstantin Andreevich Somov

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Konstantin Andreevich Somov
  • Portrait of a Lady
  • signed in Latin and dated 1930  l.m.
  • pastel on paper

  • image size: 37 by 27cm, 14 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.

Provenance

The Nolde Family Collection

Condition

The paper is slightly undulated, with some abrasion to the inner mount edge. There is some smudging to the pastel, notably the rose on the sitter's lapel. Held in a modern gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The sitter is believed to be the wife of Boris Nolde.