Valery Yershov, Russian b.1960- Virgin Soil Upturned, 2010; acrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2010 on the reverse, 136 x 122cm (unframed) (VAT charged on hammer price) Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 9 June 2010, lot 377; Private Collection, London Please refer to department for condition report The work is a stretched canvas. The edges are dirty, please note the paint finishes at the edges of the canvas suggesting the artist painted directly onto a stretched canvas. In the sky the marks, and overall the piece in the white background would benefit from a clean. Overall it is in good condition.