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Lot 290
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Filipp Andreevich Maliavin

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

Description

  • Filipp Andreevich Maliavin
  • A group of nine female portraits
  • eight signed in Latin l.r.; one dated 1924 l.r.
  • crayon over pencil on paper
  • largest: 41.3 by 32.5cm, 16 1/4 by 12 3/4 in.; smallest: 29.5 by 21cm, 11 1/2 by 8 1/4 in.

Condition

The sheets are all slightly discoloured and have some surface dirt. The edges are worn, with minor nicks and tears in places, and some of the corners are creased. The portrait of the lady in a green hat has further wear to the lower right corner; the front-on portrait of the lady in a black and blue skirt with extended left arm has a tear to the sheet in the top left corner. All unframed.
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