Lot 294
  • 294

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
  • Study for The Seine Embankment
  • each sheet numbered MLF106(1-4) l.l.
  • pencil on paper
  • 65.5 by 100cm, 25 3/4 by 39 1/4 in.

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Condition

The sheet is composed of four vertical panels which have been joined together with hinging tape on the reverse. The left and right edges are even, the top and lower edges are slightly uneven. Each of the four sheets has discoloured to varying degrees. Each has a light layer of surface dirt and minor spots in places. Held in a simple wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The present lot is a study for a folding screen now in the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and reproduced in the exhibition catalogue, Natalia Goncharova. Between East and West, Moscow, 2013, p.224.