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Lot 230
  • 230

Attributed to Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin

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

Description

  • Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin
  • Paris by Night
  • bears signature in Latin, inscribed and dated 1904 l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 48.2 by 60.2cm, 19 by 23 3/4 in.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. The paint surface is dirty. There are flecks of paint loss to the lower middle part of the compostion with some spots in places elsewhere. There are fine lines of craquelure throughout. UV light reveals a line of retouching along the left inner frame edge with further small areas of retouching to the lower quater. Held in a bronze coloured frame with mouldings. Unexamined out of frame.
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