IVAN FEDOROVICH CHOULTSE (1874-1939)
Russian / French
Oil on canvas, signed “Iw. F. Choultse” (lower right)
Mounted in a carved gilt-wood frame
Painting dimensions – height 21 3/8 in. (54,3 cm), width 25 3/4 in. (65,4 cm)
Frame dimensions – height 32 in. (81,3 cm), width 36 3/8 in. (92,4 cm)
CONDITION:
Good overall condition. Canvas has been relined. There are some frame abrasions with minor associated paint loss at the edges. A thin line of restoration (approximately 3 inches) in the rocks on the left, visible only under UV light, Spots of rubbing and scratching to gilded frame.
PROVENANCE:
Russian Paintings and Works of Art, Christie’s New York, 18 April 2007, lot 11
NOTE:
Ivan Choultse was often called a “magician of light” because of the magic realism of his paintings and how the light seemed to come from behind the canvas.
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Item Nr. 5407 (Ivan Choultse “Sunrise over the Mountain”)