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Lot 67: ERNA PLACHTE (GERMAN, 1893-1986) ST BASIL'S

Est: £400 GBP - £600 GBPSold:
Olympia AuctionsLondon, United KingdomDecember 10, 2013

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Description

ERNA PLACHTE (GERMAN, 1893-1986) ST BASIL'S CATHEDRAL AND THE RED TOWER, KREMLIN, MOSCOW signed and dated 1931 l.r; pastel 38.5cm x 47.5cm Plachte was a German born artist and illustrator who was an official painter at the League of Nations in the early 1930s. She eventually settled in Oxford teaching at the Ruskin School of Art, where a residency was named after her. These rare views of Moscow at the height of the USSR were painted on a trip the artist made there in the early 1930s.

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Auction Details

British & Continental Pictures

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Olympia Auctions
December 10, 2013, 03:00 PM GMT

25 Blythe Road, London, LDN, W14 0PD, UK