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Lot 234
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Viktor Andreevich Bednov

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Viktor Andreevich Bednov
  • Bleaching Linen
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 64 l.r.; further signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 1964 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 159.5 by 133.5cm, 62 3/4 by 52 3/4 in.

Provenance

Matthew Cullerne Bown
Acquired from the above in 1997

Condition

The canvas has been laid down onto a board. The back of the board is protected with a thin metal sheet. There are spots of paint loss to the lower right corner, possibly due to frame abrasion. There are lines of faint craquelure on the linen. The work is clean and ready to hang. Held in gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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