Lot 68
  • 68

Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky
  • Nude in Front of a Mirror
  • signed in Cyrillic l.r.
  • charcoalĀ on paper
  • sheet size: 36 by 27cm, 14 1/4 by 10 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1923

Provenance

Family of the artist
Sotheby's New York, Russian Art, Volume 1, 26 April 2006, lot 88
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The left and right edges of the sheet are slightly uneven. There is faint creasing at each of the corners and they show signs of wear. A faint diagonal crease runs the width of the sheet, just above the signature. There is a layer of surface dirt and smudging throughout the sheet. The remnants of old hinging tape are visible along the top edge along the reverse. Held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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