Sale 5542
London, South Kensington
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25 November 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,673
Estimate
Dimitri Ivanovich Shmelev (Russian, 1918-1992) Portrait of a young boy dressed as a Pierro signed in cyrillic (lower right) oil on board 27¼ x 21¾ in. (69 x 55 cm.)
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The artist studied at the Tallinn Art Institute between 1950-56, specialising in portraits and thematic pictures.
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