Lot 41
  • 41

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

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

Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev
  • Portrait of Mahomet Ghans
  • signed in Latin, titled, inscribed Peking and dated 17 fev 1932 l.r.
  • sanguine and chalk on paper
  • sheet size: 73 by 56.5cm, 28 3/4 by 22 1/4 in.

Provenance

Professor Nikolai Okunev, Prague

Exhibited

Prague, Salon Výtvarné dílo, Soubor kreseb a obrazů ruských malířů, 1947, no.41

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Soubor kreseb a obrazů ruských malířů, Prague, 1947, no.41 listed

Condition

The edges of the sheet are uneven. It has discoloured in line with age, less so in the margins. There are pinholes in places at the edges. There is a crease running through the sitter's turban and left eyebrow. On the reverse the remnants of bits of tape are visible in places at the corners and edges. The sheet is hinged to the mount along the top edge. Held behind glass in a decorative gold coloured frame with a green fabric mount. Unexamined out of frame.
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