Lot 370 , Russian School c.1890 Portrait of a mother in a white shawl 17 x 14.5in.
Russian School c.1890 
 oil on canvas 
 Portrait of a mother in a white shawl 
 indistinctly signed 
 17 x 14.5in. 
 Estimate £200-300 
  
  Oil on canvas relined many years onto a very coarse canvas backing, canvas now undulates, the work is very dirty and certainly needs a clean, a few light surface scratches running predominantly in the left side of the work, indistinctly signed and dated lower left, originally painted with the top corners canted, housed in a more recent gilt frame with a paper label inscribed in writing,  Christie's stencil no. XS904 verso along with various auctioneers chalk marks, a Russian printed exhibition label? and an ink inscription on the back of the canvas. 
 
  
  
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