Lot 146
  • 146

Alexander Georgievich Gulyaev

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Georgievich Gulyaev
  • Beach in Yalta
  • signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 1952 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 44 by 97cm, 17 1/2 by 38 1/4 in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is loss to the tacking edges visible along the bottom edge and in the top left corner. There is paint loss to the foreground in the lower right, where the canvas is visible. There are further flecks of paint loss in places. There are areas of craquelure, mostly restricted to the sky and the impasto areas. There is a layer of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any apparent signs of retouching. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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