Lot 276
  • 276

Natalya Nesterova

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Natalya Nesterova
  • Buffoons
  • signed in Cyrillic with initials l.r.; signed and titled in Latin and dated 1991 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 158 by 126.5cm, 62 1/4 by 49 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1990s

Exhibited

Odessa, Texas, Art Institute of the Permian Basin, Silent Screams from the Russian Underground, September-November 1995 (travelling exhibition, visiting Parkesburg, West Virginia; Scanaba, Michigan; Wausau, Wisconsin; and Fairfield, Connecticut through April 1997)

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Silent Screams from the Russian Underground, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995, p.19, no.27, illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. The surface is covered with a layer of varnish. The paint is thin in areas, and canvas is visible. There is minor craquelure in some areas, especially where there is heavy impasto work. The canvas is slightly buckled in the lower right corner. Sold unframed.
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