Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky A Ship off the Coast

Property from a Private Collection, United States
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
Russian
1817 - 1900
A Ship off the Coast

signed in Cyrillic and dated 1888 on a piece of tape on the photograph (lower left)
oil on card and photograph
card: 4 1/8 by 2 6/8 in.; 10.5 by 7.1 cm
framed: 11 by 8 1/4 in.; 28 by 21 cm

Condition Report:
There is a light layer of surface dirt. There are very minor frame abrasions to the edges. Inspection under UV reveals minor retouchings to aforementioned frame abrasions. In good overall condition.
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Provenance:
In the same family since the 1950s