Lot 146
  • 146

Mai Dantsig

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

Description

  • Mai Dantsig
  • Girl on a Balcony
  • signed in Cyrillic, inscribed and dated 1965 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 110cm, 31 1/2 by 43 1/4 in.

Condition

Original canvas. The canvas is undulating slightly and is has torn away from the stretcher in each of the four corners. There is a a layer of surface dirt. There is minor craquelure in places, particularly to the left of the figure's head where the canvas was hit on the reverse. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any signs of restoration. Held in a simple wooden slip frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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