Lot 60
  • 60

Georgy Kreskentevich Lukomsky

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Georgy Kreskentevich Lukomsky
  • The Sanguszko Palace at Izyaslav
  • titled in Cyrillic on the reverse; further bearing a Mir iskusstva exhibition label on the backing board
  • charcoal and gouache on paper
  • 31 by 47cm, 12 1/4 by 18 1/2 in.

Provenance

Collection of James Theakston, Copenhagen
Thence by descent to the previous owner

Exhibited

Probably Mir iskusstva, 1913, no.5

Condition

The sheet is undulating in places, notably in the top right quadrant. The edges are slightly worn and there is minor pigment loss at the bottom of the left edge. There is fine craquelure to the green pigment in the centre of the composition. There is a layer of light surface dirt. Held in a wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

After the Revolution, Lukomsky spent two years in Ukraine where he worked on the restoration and conversion into museums of former noble residences and published a book on Ukrainian Baroque architecture. This palace was formerly the principal residence of the Sanguszko family and in its heyday hosted the last king of Poland.