Lot 60
  • 60

YURI ILICH REPIN | Self-Portrait

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yuri Illich Repin
  • Self-Portrait
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1922 t.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 44 by 34cm, 17 1/4 by 13 1/4 in.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. There are pronounced stretcher-bar marks as well as craquelure throughout. The surface is dirty. Inspection under UV light reveals infilling to the hat, in places to the face and scattered around the bottom half and along the top edge; as well as an opaque layer of discoloured varnish. Held in a modern frame.
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