IVAN GREGOREVITCH OLINSKY (Russian/American, 1878-1962). TOSCA IN BLUE, signed lower right, also titled on stretcher. Oil on canvas - 40 in. x 30 in. Estimate $25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE: Arvest Galleries, Boston, MA.
Not lined, horizontal craquelure pattern throughout, canvas slightly buckled, soft horizontal crease/protrusion along ear extending approx. 8 in. to the right; diagonal scrape in lower left corner, minor rubbing with losses along left edge. Surface dirt; debris, occasional very small losses. UV: Some possible scattered inpainting in face (forehead, cheek, along eft edge of face) and area of possible inpainting in background along left side of her head.
