RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20th century). THE GLASS BLOWER, signed illegibly lower right. Oil on canvas mounted on panel - Framed, 25 1/4 in. x 30 1/4 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Eugene Raul, Chevy Chase, MD.
Note: Work was gift to consignor's mother, who was born in Minsk, Belarus.
Circa 1940. Work is on canvas mounted on panel. Scattered small losses near all corners, along top center edge, in white hat near upper left, in blue scarf and robe of glass blower. Few scattered elsewhere. UV: Area of inpainting in robe of figure in white hat at upper left, some inpainting in trunk at lower left, in blue robe of glass blower, and some scattered in clothing and background. Some inpainting in red awning near top center, and 8 in. line along edge of roof line at top center edge.
