Oil on paper, abstract portrait of a woman. Signed and attr. Igor Smychek (Ukrainian, b. 1953) on lower right corner. 8.2 x 8 inch (21 x 20.5 cm). Igor Smychek was born on November 24, 1953 in Kirovograd._x000D_
He graduated from the Odessa state art school of N. Grekov, in 1981 - the Ukrainian Academy of the press of I. Fedorov. Personal exhibitions took place in the Kirovograd regional art museum in 2004 and 2005. Works of the artist are in the museums and private collections in Ukraine and beyond its limits. PROVENANCE: Private collection (Kiev, Ukraine)

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