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Lot 221
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Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky
  • Feluccas in Batumi
  • initialled in Cyrillic; later signed in full and dated 1927 l.l.
  • charcoal on paper
  • 35.5 by 54cm, 14 by 21 1/4 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Leningrad, Prozvedenii P.P.Konchalovskogo, 6th solo exhibition, 1929
Moscow, Prozvedenii P.P.Konchalovskogo, 16th solo exhibition, 1956
Leningrad, Prozvedenii P.P.Konchalovskogo, 17th solo exhibition, 1956
Moscow, Leningrad, Akvareli i risunki P.P.Konchalovskogo, 1960

Literature

V.Nikolsky, Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Moscow: Vsekhudozhniki, 1936, p.80, illustrated
Akvareli i risunki P.P.Konchalovskogo exhibition catalogue, Moscow, 1960, illustrated
A.Chegoeva, K.V. Frolova, Konchalovsky, Khudozhestvennoe nasledie, Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1964, p.226, listed

Condition

The sheet is sound. There are several creases, including one in the lower right corner and some stray marks and stains. There are some abrasions to the surface in the boat area at right, and some smudges throughout. Framed and held under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

Since publication in Nikolsky's 1936 monograph, the upper edge of the sheet has been cut and the full signature and date added. It is illustrated in its present form in the 1960 exhibition catalogue.