Konstantin Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky

Girl in a Red Beret

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Konstantin Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky

1906-1997

Girl in a Red Beret

signed twice and titled in Cyrillic, numbered N40 and dated 1936 twice on the reverse

oil on canvas

Canvas: 53.5 by 44.5cm, 21 by 17½in.

Framed: 65.5 by 56cm, 25¾ by 22in.

Original canvas which is buckling slightly in the centre. There is a second unfinished portrait in oil on the reverse. Frame abrasions with minor associated paint loss are visible at the edges. There are light abrasions to the paint layer in general, this is most notable in the blue background in the left of the composition. A few small scattered cracks are visible in places. There is a light layer of surface dirt and an area of discoloured varnish to the left of the sitter's right eye. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Framed.

Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Studio Sale) is not applicable to this lot.

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Acquired directly from the artist by the mother of the present owner in the late 1980s

Exhibition catalogue The Russian Way, London, 2005, p.97 illustrated and listed

London, The Russian Way, 2005

Lots 110-118 by Konstantin Rozhdestvensky come from the same collection and were acquired by the mother of the present owner. For the full history of their acquisition please see the catalogue note for the Self-Portrait, lot 114.