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Lot 285
  • 285

Stepan Fedorovich Kolesnikov

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Stepan Fedorovich Kolesnikov
  • In the Fields
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 68 by 92.5cm, 26 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private collection, Yugoslavia
Acquired in Greece in the 1960s by the previous owner

Condition

Original canvas, which is a little loose on the stretcher. The paint surface is slightly dirty. There are very minor abrasions to the paint surface to the upper left corner and other small spots of abrasion along the top. UV light reveals an uneven layer of fluorescing varnish. Held in a modern gold painted frame, some minor losses to the moulding. Unexamined out of frame.
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