Sale 8637
London, South Kensington
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17 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 4,600
Estimate
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovskii (1817-1900) Shipping under a setting Sun signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Aivazovskii 1896' (lower right) and similarly inscribed on the reverse oil on canvas 7 x 9.5/8in. (19.2 x 24.3cm.)
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