Lot 278
  • 278

Viktor Efimovich Popkov

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Viktor Efimovich Popkov
  • Portrait of a Girl, Khakassia from the Series Abakan-Taishet
  • gouache over pencil on paper
  • 79.5 by 44.5cm, 31 1/4 by 17 1/2 in.

Provenance

The artist's studio
Acquired directly from the artist's widow

Condition

There are two small tears in the margins, one in the lower right, the other in the lower left. There is creasing at the edges, most notably the top and bottom. Foxing is visible throughout the lower part of the composition. The sheet has discoloured and there are spots of dirt in places. Held behind glass in a black painted frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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