Lot 49
  • 49

Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov
  • Route Nationale
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 81cm, 21 1/4 by 31 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1930

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 22 May 2002, lot 115

Literature

P.Courthion, Georges Annenkoff, Paris, 1930, pl.28 illustrated in b/w

Condition

Original canvas. There is an area of paint loss in the top right corner where the paint is flaking, and a few flecks of paint loss elsewhere to the edges. There is a minor scratch to the lower left edge and some fine lines of craquelure in the upper left quadrant. There is a layer of light surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a simple gold-painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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