Lot 95
  • 95

Grigori Efimovich Gluckmann

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Grigori Efimovich Gluckmann
  • Reclining Nude
  • incised with the artist's signature in Latin and dated 1934 l.r.
  • oil on panel
  • 26.5 by 35cm, 10 1/2 by 13 3/4 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, Russian Art, 3 June 2014, lot 215

Condition

The panel is slightly bowed. There are frame indentations in the paint layer with associated paint loss along all four edges. There is a small loss to the bottom of the right edge of the panel and a nail hole in the upper right corner. Areas of paint shrinkage are visible in the lower right corner and above the knee of the sitter. There are some very minor scuffs to the surface. Inspection under UV light reveals an area of retouching to the aforementioned area of paint shrinkage above the sitter's knees. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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