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Lot 293
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samokhvalov

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samokhvalov
  • Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Ekaterina Petrovna Samokhvalova
  • inscribed and dated 1940 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 50.5 by 38.5cm, 21 3/4 by 15 1/4 in.

Provenance

The family of the artist, Leningrad

Literature

A.Samokhvalov, Moi tvorcheskii put, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1977, p.277 illustrated
L.Zinger, Aleksandr Samokhvalov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1982, p.169, listed

Condition

Original canvas, which is double-sided and not secured to a stretcher. some of the edges are rough cut. There are pinholes along the left hand and upper edges. There is a diagonal crease running across the top right corner. The surface is dirty and there are minor stains in places. UV light reveals no signs of retouching. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

There is a portrait sketch on the reverse.