Delivery on the Turkish side at sunset.
Oil on canvas, signed lower right, dated 1851.
Bears an inventory label in characters on the back
Cyrillic letters, specifying: “I. Aïvazovsky - The Sea - Oil - 1871
- n°24 - Dining room of VA Schawinsky”.
Kept in an old carved and gilded wooden frame.
Rentoilée on the edges, small pictorial retouching, but good general condition.
At sight: H.: 67 cm - L.: 5 cm.
Frame: H.: 100 cm - L.: 137 cm.
Provenance: former collection of Vassili Alexandrovitch Sshavinsky (1868-1924), chemist and great collector of paintings including Aïvazovsky, as evidenced by the label stuck to the back of the painting. Was then acquired by the current owners at auction at Sotheby's on December 14, 1995 in London, under lot n°157. Sold subject to the opinion of Mr. Ivan Samarine
This lot is sold pending the opinion of Mr. Ivan Samarine.
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