Lot 48
  • 48

Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva
  • The Breaking of Ice on the Neva, Petrograd
  • signed in Latin and dated 1923 l.r.; further signed and titled in Cyrillic, stamped with Russian Art Exhibition stamp and labelled on the backboard
  • watercolour on paper
  • 44 by 64.5cm, 17 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 14 December 1995, lot 314

Exhibited

New York, Grand Central Palace, Russian Art Exhibition, March-April 1924, no.557

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Russian Art Exhibition, New York, Grand Central Palace, 1924, no.557 listed

Condition

The sheet has discoloured. There is media staining to the upper edge, in places elsewhere and evidence of foxing throughout. There is a layer of light surface dirt. Held in a gold and wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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