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Lot 129
  • 129

Yuli Yulievich Klever and Studio

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yuli Yulievich Klever and Studio
  • Traveller in the Snow
  • signed in Latin and dated 1908 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 89.2 by 57.5cm, 35 by 22 3/4 in.

Provenance

Inherited by the present owner before 1950

Condition

Original canvas. The varnish has discoloured. There are some minor areas of paint shrinkage and a line of minor craquelure to the centre of the canvas. UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The present work was part of a larger collection put together by the grandparents of the present owner in East Prussia in the first half of the 20th century.