Lot 241
  • 241

Viktor Efimovich Popkov

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Viktor Efimovich Popkov
  • House
  • oil on cardbaord
  • 49.5 by 70cm, 19 1/2 by 27 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1970

Provenance

The artist's family

Exhibited

V.Manin, Ubiennyi khudozhnik Viktor Popkov, Moscow: SBM-Galereya, 2008, p.127 illustrated
P.Kozorezenko, Viktor Efimovich Popkov, Moscow: ART, 2012, p.300 illustrated

Condition

The board is sound. There are pinholes visible across the lower edge. In otherwise fine condition. Under UV pigment fluoresces along the upper left edge, indicating the repair of a tear, and along the top edge. Varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. Held in a gold painted wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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