Lot 106: PAVEL VARFOLOMEEVICH KUZNETSOV | Mount Beshtau, Essentuki

oil on canvas

88.5 by 68cm, 34 3/4 by 26 3/4 in.

oil on canvas

The canvas edges have been strip-lined. There is an inpainted scratch running diagonally across the lower left corner, another horizontal one in the top left and a vertical in the top right. There is small patch of paint loss above the centre of the bottom edge. A small patch of very fine craquelure which is lifting slightly is visible in the yellow pigment above the lower left corner. A pinhole is in the lower right corner. There is a layer of light surface dirt and some discolouration throughout. Examination under UV light reveals the inpainted scratches and a couple of other very minor areas of retouching. Held in a gold painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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L.Budkova and D.Sarabianov, Pavel Kuznetsov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1975, no.105 illustrated in b/w; p.354, no.464 listed as Beshtau

The family of the artist
Sotheby's London, Russian Art, 26 November 2007, lot 51
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner