FOLLOWER OF IVAN AIVAZOVSKY (RUSSIAN 1817-1900)

FOLLOWER OF IVAN AIVAZOVSKY (RUSSIAN 1817-1900)

Sunrise over Yalta,
oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm (18 1/8 x 24 in.)

RELATED LITERATURE
For the painting from which the present is copied, see Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine, Light, Water and Sky, The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky (London: Alexandria Press, 2012), p. 134, pl. 55 (illustrated)

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the painting appears in age-appropriate condition. Overall very fine age-appropriate craquelure. Minor loss to the lower right corner, resulting from flaking. Inspection under UV light shows an even layer of masking varnish but no apparent sign of restoration.
framed dimensions: 62 x 78 cm (24 3/8 x 30 3/4 in.)

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Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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