Lot 101
  • 101

Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov
  • In the Village and A Woman Making Pottery
  • oil on panel
  • image size: 7.5 by 8.5cm, 3 by 3 1/2 in.; image size: 6.5 by 7cm, 2 1/2 by 2 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by his friend, August Collon

Condition

Woman Making Pottery: The board is split along the bottom and held together by tape on the verso. There are some scratches and scuffs to the surface of the board and some stray white pigment near the upper left edge and upper right edge, though these could be original. Unframed. Village: the board is glued to the mount. The surface has some minor scuffs but is in generally fine condition.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Olivier Bertrand, author of the forthcoming Ivan Pokhitonov catalogue raisonné, for providing additional cataloguing information.