I could not agree with the findings of the masters of that Study - is a preparatory sketch for the future work. I called etude shown by their signatures on the label . As you know, I.Ayvazovsky in his work done without sketches. By his own admission, Aivazovsky sketched the story of the future picture on a piece of paper and with the fugitive pattern set to work on the canvas . And what passes as sketches, inundating the market , in all probability , is the failure to copy the seascape .
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