Lot 124
  • 124

Oscar Rabin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Oscar Rabin
  • Moscow Evening
  • Signed in Cyrillic and dated 70 (lower right); titled in Cyrillic, dated 1970 and numbered 434 (on the reverse)
  • Oil and collage on burlap
  • 43 1/4 by 35 in.; 109.9 by 88.9 cm

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in the 1970s

Condition

Oil and collage on burlap, not lined. Surface in generally good condition, aside from minor craqueleur and pigment separation in areas of heavily applied paint. Paper in lower left corner lifting slightly, and inch long horizontal line of craqueleur visible near lower center. Under UV light; no apparent in painting visible.
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