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Lot 193
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Konstantin Ivanovich Rudakov

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Konstantin Ivanovich Rudakov
  • A group of six illustrations for Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
  • all signed variously in Cyrillic, one dated 1946, one dated 1949
  • watercolour, gouache and charcoal over pencil on paper
  • largest: 39.6 by 29cm, 15 1/2 by 11 1/4 in.; smallest: 25.5 by 18.7cm, 10 by 7 1/2 in.

Condition

There is a light layer of surface dirt and the sheets has slightly discoloured. There are minor creases, flecks of paint loss and light stains. A lady with a red dress: There are a number of small tears and creases resulting in paint loss around the edges. Tatiana at night: There is a long scratch to the middle with resulting paint loss. Family scene: The paper is undulated, mostly to the top and bottom edges. All held in a matching wooden gold painted frames under glass. Unexamined out of frames.
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