Lot 137
  • 137

Alexandra Semenovna Kolganova

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexandra Semenovna Kolganova
  • Portrait of a Boy with Red Hair
  • signed and inscribed in Cyrillic, dated 1952 and numbered 2189 on the reverse; further bearing a Roy Miles Gallery label on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 70 by 49cm, 27 1/2 by 19 1/4 in.

Provenance

The artist's studio, Moscow, inventory number 2189
Roy Miles Gallery, London

Condition

Original canvas. There is a light layer of surface dirt. Held in a gold painted wooden frame with a canvas slip. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any apparent signs of retouching. Unexamined out of frame.
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