Lot 31
  • 31

Richard Karlovich Zommer

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Richard Karlovich Zommer
  • Leaving Tashkent
  • signed in Cyrillic l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 44.5 by 71cm, 17 1/2 by 28in.

Provenance

Acquired by the father-in-law of the present owner before the First World War

Condition

Original canvas which is buckling in the lower left corner. There are frame abrasions along all four edges and the old nail holes are visible on the tacking edges. There is a layer of surface dirt and spots of varnish residue in places. Inspection under UV light reveals a layer of discoloured varnish. Held behind glass in a gilt wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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