Lot 99
  • 99

Boris Grigoriev

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Boris Grigoriev
  • The Blue Bay, Brazil
  • Signed Boris Grigoriev (lower right); signed again, titled, inscribed and bears exhibition labels (on the reverse)
  • Gouache on paper
  • 15 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.; 38.7 by 52 cm

Provenance

Lilienfeld Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

The Art Institute of Chicago, The Seventeenth International Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings and Monotypes, 1938, n.n., listed in the catalogue

Condition

Gouache on paper. Paper slightly buckled and discolored in line with age. Pinholes visible in upper left and upper right corner, in upper left quadrant. Lack of pigment in upper left and right where artist's clips were attached. Surface in generally good condition, aside from circular stain, possibly from water. Two reinforced paper tears in upper left quadrant. Paper is reinforced with tape around all edges, visible on reverse. Minor craqueleur in yellow pigment. Colors are otherwise lively and fresh.
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