Lot 190
  • 190

Vladimir Yakovlev

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vladimir Yakovlev
  • Untitled
  • signed in Cyrillic and indistinctly dated 6? l.r.; further bearing various exhibition labels on the backing board
  • gouache on paper
  • 87 by 62cm, 34 1/4 by 24 1/2 in.

Exhibited

St Petersburg, Moscow, Frankfurt et al., Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988, 1996-1997, p.136 illustrated
Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 2005, p.167 listed

Condition

The sheet is undulating slightly. There are creases to all four corners which are particularly noticeable in the areas around the signature. Fine cracks are visible in the built-up areas of white paint. Held in a simple wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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