Lot 19
  • 19

School of Pavel Filonov

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • School of Pavel Filonov
  • Untitled (Multi-Figured Composition)
  • watercolour on paper
  • 22.5 by 26.5cm, 8 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.

Provenance

Evdokia Glebova, Filonov's sister
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above in 1992

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska Pavel Filonov in the 1920s: The Physiology of Painting, 1992, no.16

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Pavel Filonov in the 1920s: The Physiology of Painting, Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1992, p.67, no.16 illustrated; p.64 listed as by Pavel Filonov

Condition

The sheet, which is hinged to the mount in the top two corners, is slightly undulating and has discoloured in line with age. There is a minor paper loss to each of the right-hand corners. There are some minor repaired tears to the centre of the left and right edges, near the upper right corner and a slight nick in the sheet towards the upper left corner. Held behind glass in a black and gold frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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