Lot 149
  • 149

Dmitri Plavinsky

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dmitri Plavinsky
  • Abstract Composition
  • signed with a monogram and dated 62 t.r.
  • oil, plaster, fabric and collageĀ on canvas laid on board
  • 75 by 100cm, 29 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired in Moscow by the father of the present owner in the 1960s

Condition

There is an unfinished composition with elements of collage on the reverse. There are several losses to the plaster in the area of red in the lower right, a vertical crack of approximately 17cm with associated paint loss to the left of the monogram and several smaller losses in the lower left quadrant. There is a layer of light surface dirt. UV light reveals no apparent sign of retouching. Unframed.
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