Description:
Nicholas Vasilieff (American/Russian, 1892-1970)
Afternoon Tea. Signed and dated "N. Vasilieff · 46" l.r., with an exhibition label (see below) affixed to the stretcher, and with a stamp from Erling Hansen, Restoration of Fine Paintings, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, applied to the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 41 1/2 x 50 in., framed. Condition: Lined, scattered minor retouch, craquelure, varnish inconsistencies, scattered minor pigment losses.
Exhibitions: Nicholas Vasilieff - A Retrospective, William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, March 21-May 29, 1977.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Frame dimensions: 50 1/4x 58 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
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