Lot 13
  • 13

Gavriil Pavlovich Kondratenko

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gavriil Pavlovich Kondratenko
  • View of Moscow
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1902 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 by 97.5cm, 25 1/2 by 38 3/4 in.

Provenance

Horta Brussels, Tableaux anciens et modernes, 20 January 1997, lot 176
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The canvas has been strip-lined. Examination under UV light reveals scattered areas of retouching to the sky, notably to the left hand side. There is evidence of retouching in the lower left corner and some smaller spots of retouching in places elsewhere in the lower half. There are three patches to the reverse on the right hand side: the corresponding areas of retouching have discoloured. Unexamined out of frame.
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