Lot 24
  • 24

Andrei Nikolaevich Shilder

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andrei Nikolaevich Shilder
  • Winter Landscape
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1918 l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 62 by 104.5cm, 24 1/2 by 41 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the Czechoslovak Ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow in the 1930s
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. There are abrasions along all four edges with associated paint loss which is particularly visible in the top left corner. There is a pattern of fine craquelure found throughout the composition, with one area of raised craquelure in the centre right which appears stable at present. The surface is covered in a layer of dirt with spots in places. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any obvious signs of restoration. Held in a metal gilt wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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