Lot 111
  • 111

Nikolai Ignatievich Bondarenko

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Ignatievich Bondarenko
  • The Sport of the Brave and the Beautiful
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1963 l.r.; further signed, titled and dated on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 124 by 151cm, 48 3/4 by 59 1/2 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There are frame abrasions in places at the edges with some minor corresponding paint loss. A few isolated patches of craquleure are visible in places. There is a light covering of surface dirt and some flecks of dirt in places. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of restoration. Held in a painted wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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