Lot 145
  • 145

Ernst Neizvestny

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Ernst Neizvestny
  • Hera
  • Signed E.Neizvestny (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 34 3/8 by 22 1/8 in.
  • 88.5 by 56 cm

Provenance

Magna Gallery, Corte Madera, California
Acquired from the above in 1988

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from minor abrasions scattered alongside the extreme edges. There are pindot spots of loss and paint from the studio scattered across the surface. Under UV light small spots of fluorescence appear across the right half of the picture plane; these may be the result of time in the artist's studio. One small spot of green fluorescence three inches from the right edge 13 inches down.
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