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Ilya Efimovich Repin — The Solar Eclipse of 1887, Mendeleev in his Hot-Air Balloon
Ilya Efimovich Repin

The Solar Eclipse of 1887, Mendeleev in his Hot-Air Balloon

1887

Ilya Efimovich Repin's 'The Solar Eclipse of 1887, Mendeleev in his Hot-Air Balloon' is a watercolor and pencil work from 1887. The painting depicts the scientist Mendeleev observing a solar eclipse from an aerial vantage point.

Medium
watercolour and pencil on paper
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Russian Pictures

November 30, 2021

Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000

Lot 12

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Ilya Efimovich Repin, The Solar Eclipse of 1887, Mendeleev in his Hot-Air Balloon, 1887

Ilya Efimovich Repin's 'The Solar Eclipse of 1887, Mendeleev in his Hot-Air Balloon' is a watercolor and pencil work from 1887. The painting depicts the scientist Mendeleev observing a solar eclipse from an aerial vantage point.

Medium
watercolour and pencil on paper
Year
1887
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Watercolor And Pencil, Scientific, Historical, Whimsical, Portrait, Narrative, Figurative, Sky, Russian

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