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Lot 317
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Anatoly Zverev

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anatoly Zverev
  • Portrait of Aliki Costakis, 1958
  • signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 58 l.l.
  • oil on paper
  • 60 by 40cm, 23 1/2 by 15 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by George Costakis

Condition

There are pinholes to the sheet along the top edge and one to the sitter's neck. The paper has discoloured and has oil stains in places. The paint surface is slightly dirty and there are some lines of craquelure in places. Held in a modern wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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