Lot 36: ALEXEI DANILOVICH KIVSHENKO | In a Church

oil on canvas

65 by 41cm, 25 1/2 by 16 1/4 in.

oil on canvas

The canvas has been lined and the original tacking edges are missing. There are frame abrasions with some minor associated paint loss along the edges. There is stable craquelure throughout. There are stretcher bar marks along the left and right edges. Inspection under UV light reveals old scattered inpainting and retouching to the aforementioned craquelure and frame abrasions, but discoloured varnish prevents a more conclusive analysis. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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F.Bulgakov, Nashi khudozhniki, St Petersburg, 1890 (reprinted 2002), p.176 illustrated in b/w

Acquired by the present owner in London over 20 years ago