Lot 23
  • 23

Nadezhda Andreevna Udaltsova

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nadezhda Andreevna Udaltsova
  • Study for a Composition
  • inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1916 on the reverse by Ekaterina Drevina
  • pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
  • 35 by 25.5cm, 13 3/4 by 10in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Ekaterina Drevina, the artist's granddaughter
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne

Literature

Amazons of the Avant-Garde, New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2000, p.346, fig.106 illustrated b/w

Condition

The sheet has been hinged to the mount at the top two corners. The bottom edge is uneven. Very faint creases are visible in three of the four corners and there is a pinhole in the centre of the top edge. There is a light layer of surface dirt, with spots of dirt in places. Handling marks are visible at the edges. Held behind glass in a black painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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