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Lot 236
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Alexander Mikhailovich Gerasimov

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Mikhailovich Gerasimov
  • Paris by Night
  • inscribed with the artist's name in Cyrillic on the Vsekhudozhnik exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher; further inscribed Nochnoi Parizh 34 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 by 63.5cm, 18 1/2 by 25 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist

Literature

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov Centenary Exhibition catalogue, Moscow: Izobrazitelnoe iskusstvo, 1981, p.14, listed under works executed in 1934

Condition

Original canvas, there are minor holes to the upper right and lower left corners, and a small rip approximately 1cm in length to the upper left corner. There are signs of wear and light abrasions to all edges. There is a small area of paint loss to the upper right edge with a few spots in places elsewhere. UV light reveals no apparent retouching. There is a layer of uneven varnish. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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