Virtual Catalogue Raisonné

Idyll Fancy, #487, c. 1940

HP00463

Idyll Fancy, No. 487

Date of Work: Circa 1940

Medium: Oil on panel

Size: 22x17

Provenance: The artist studio, New York; Ms. Lucy Ishkanian, executrix of the Pushman estate, New York; acquired from the present owner from above; with Heritage auctions, Dallas, Texas, auction date May 7, 2016 lot #68087

Notes: "Idyll Fancy, #487" by Hovsep Pushman, is signed lower right, Pushman, and was painted circa 1940. It is included in the Pushman journal, #487. The painting is painted on a specially designed panel over wooden stetchers. There appear to be 5-6 spots of inpaint along the top edge, the largest being approximately 1-inch in diameter. There appear to be two oval-shaped swaths of inpainting to the left and right of the figurine, each approximately 7 x 4 in., as well as a few possible minor spots of reinforcement in the vase--along the right side, base, and lip. Framed Dimensions 27.75 X 24 Inches