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Lot 104
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Karl Ivanovich Kollman

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Karl Ivanovich Kollman
  • Sleigh-ride through a Russian Town
  • dated 1840 l.r.
  • watercolour over pencil on paper heightened with gouache
  • image size: 27.5 by 36.5cm, 10 ¾ by 14 ¼ in.

Exhibited

Paris, Maison de Balzac, Balzac dans l'Empire russe de la Russie à l'Ukraine, 6 April-11 July 1993

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Balzac dans l'Empire russe de la Russie à l'Ukraine, Maison de Balzac Paris Musées, Editions des Cendres, 1993, illustrated pl.88

Condition

The sheet appears sound but is a little discoloured and there are some spots of light foxing in places. The colours have faded a little. Held in a gold painted moulded plaster and wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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