Sale 7552
London, South Kensington
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11 April 1997
Price realised
GBP 632
Estimate
Alexander Maksimenko (b.1920) Peasant in a Field signed in cyrillic and dated 1950, oil on canvas, unframed 49 x 41in. (125 x 104cm.) Painted in 1950
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