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Lot 517

Attributed to Karl Paulovich Bruillov

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(or Brüloff, Russian, 1799-1852)

Two Russian Men Conversing, inscribed or signed lower right "Bruloff", graphite on wove paper, 7 x 8-1/8 in.; wood frame, 14 x 15-1/4 in.

Provenance: Ex-collection of Giovanni Piancastelli (Bologna, Italy, 1845-1926) (labels verso); From the album owned by Reverend Father Francis Agius (1891-1958), Long Island, New York, bottom of album page 104; Private Collection

Note: Literature: Olson, Roberta J. M. Italian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolors: An Album : Camuccini & Minardi to Mancici & Balla. 1976, no. 221.

Condition

stains and handling grime, hinged in at top; frame with abrasions