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Lot 227
  • 227

Aleksey Ilych Kravchenko

Estimate
120,000 - 150,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexei Ilych Kravchenko
  • Standing Nude
  • oil on board
  • 62 by 44cm, 24 1/2 by 14 1/4 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist, Moscow

Literature

V.Kemenov, Alexei Kravchenko. Zhivopis'. Grafika, Leningrad: Aurora, 1986

Condition

The board is warped. There are some abrasions to the edges. The paint surface is slightly dirty. There are small chips of paint loss to the upper body of the sitter, particularly to the arms. There are fine lines of craquelure to the right half of the canvas with further vertical lines to the lower half of the composition. UV light reveals small spots of retouching to the upper right corner. Held in a cherry coloured wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in 1920.