Sunday, June 26, 2022
LOT #304

Eastern Orthodox Icon Assortment

(3) icons including (2) Russian depictions of the Madonna and Child including icon having gold inscriptions and “Theotokos” icon having black inscriptions with provenance label en verso dating to c.1800-1850; and an icon depicting the Madonna having incised motifs around halo

Estimate: $300 - $500

Hammer Price: $400

Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000; Theotokos: Julia Graassimova, Liivalaia 42-49, 10113 Tallinn, Estonia

Dimensions: Height: 10 1/4 inches, Width: 8 1/2 inches (panel, Theotokos - black inscription (smallest))

Condition: Good, overall light wear consistent with age and normal use; both Madonna and Child icons having warps with some craquelure, cupping and pigment loss throughout, nail holes around sides; gold inscription icon having vertical line of panel separation and lacking horizontal stabilizing slats en verso; black inscription Madonna and Child having nail holes on halos; solo Madonna having horizontal stress crack in panel, lower left quadrant and narrow gauge lower right quadrant; light dirt accumulation to all

Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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