Lot 185
  • 185

Nikolai Vechtomov

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nikolai Vechtomov
  • Untitled
  • signed in Cyrillic Vech. and dated 62 l.r.; further bearing various exhibition labels on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 50.5 by 60cm, 19 3/4 by 23 1/2 in.

Exhibited

St Petersburg, Moscow, Frankfurt et al., Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988, 1996-1997, p.252 illustrated
Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 2005, p.177 listed

Condition

Original canvas. There are some light surface scratches visible in places. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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