Lot 238
  • 238

Lydia Masterkova

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lydia Masterkova
  • Abstract Composition
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 57 l.r.; further signed, inscribed Moskva and dated on the reverse
  • gouache on paper
  • 31 by 41cm, 12 1/4 by 16 1/4 in.

Exhibited

St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum; Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery; Frankfurt am Main, Städel et al., Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988, 1996-1997, illustrated on p.173 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, 7 March - 4 June 2000, illustrated on p.125 of the catalogue
Ashdod, Art Museum Ashdod, Persecuted Art & Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century, 22 June - 21 September 2003, illustrated on p.203 and listed on p.280 of the catalogue
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 3 February - 24 April 2005, illustrated on p.80 and listed on p.170 of the catalogue
Bratislava, The Slovak National Gallery, Nonkonformisti. Druhá ruská avantgarda 1955-1988. Zbierka Bar-Gera, 14 November 2008 – 22 February 2009, illustrated on p.78 of the catalogue

Condition

There is general wear to the edges and corners of the sheet. The sheet is undulating slightly in several places. There are a few very minor tears found along the right, bottom and left edges. There are flecks of paint loss to the yellow pigment in the top right and top left. A further area of paint loss is visible along to the right edge, where the underlying paint layer is showing through. There is minor paint shrinkage in the top left and to the white pigment in the lower left and lower right. There creasing in the lower left of the sheet. Held in a simple wooden frame behind Plexigass. Unexamined out of frame.
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