VIKTOR DENI (RUSSIAN 1893-1946)
In the Chicken Yard, Original Magazine Illustration, 1929
watercolor and ink on paper
25.5 x 36 cm (10 x 14 1/8 in.)
framed dimensions: 44.5 x 54.5 cm (17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
signed, inscribed in Cyrillic and dated along the lower edge, publishing stamps on verso

CONDITION
Observed in frame under glass, the work is in good age-appropriate condition, a creasing line to the center, s scratch along the left edge overall surface staining around the perimeter, a loss of the top paper layer to the upper right corner, creasing and tears along the right edge.

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