Lot 21
  • 21

Piotr Ivanovich Balashov

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Piotr Ivanovich Balashov
  • A Group of Men of the Dragoon and Hussar Regiments
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1873 l.r. 
  • watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper
  • 42 by 34cm, 16 1/2 by 13 1/4 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 15 December 1994, lot 240
Sotheby's London, Russian Paintings, 29 November 2011, lot 114

Condition

There are spots of adhesive residue on the reverse of the sheet. There is very minor wear and creasing to the corners. The bottom half of the left edge is undulating slightly. There is a very small tear to the bottom of the left edge. There is a layer of light surface dirt. The sheet is attached to its mount along the top edge. Held in a gilt wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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