Alexander Diomidovich Dashkevich

Acquired by the present owner in 1995

Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art, Women in Soviet Art: Exploring the Lives of Women Under the Soviet Rule from the 1950s to the 1980s, 15 June - 10 November 2013

M.Cullerne-Bown, A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters, 1900-80s, London: Izomar, 1998, p.61 illustrated

Original canvas. There are a few lines of craquelure, including to the female sitter's leg. There is a vertical line of paintwork running the length of the left side which does not correspond to a canvas seam. UV light reveals retouching to the male sitter's elbow and in places on his torso; a line of retouching in the lower left corner; an area of retouching in the upper right corner corresponding to a patch on the reverse and a few smaller areas of retouching in places elsewhere. There is an uneven layer of varnish. Held in a carved gilt wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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