Lot 219
  • 219

Pavel Dmitrievich Chmaroff

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pavel Dmitrievich Chmaroff
  • A Summer's Day
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 60 by 92cm, 23 1/2 by 36in.

Condition

Original canvas. The surface is covered with a layer of slightly yellowed varnish. There is craquelure visible. Minor paint loss along the edges. There are some airbubbles in the paint visible in the upper right corner (could be original). Under UV restoration is visible in the center of the composition (in the figures of the woman), along the center, upper edge, and along the right edge. Other minor spots of inpainting are also visible in other areas. Held in a wood frame with plaster molding. Unexamined out of frame.
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