Apricot trees / Аbrykosovi dereva

Mountain landscape. On the left are dark brownish-green slopes. On the right is a plateau with light and dark green-gray canopies. In the foreground is a green valley. There are two trees in the distance. The left one is blooming, the right one is without leaves and flowers. In the distance, there are low dark hills. Above them is a milky pinkish-gray fog. At the top of the composition are two white mountain peaks. There is a small one on the left and a large one on the right. In the lower right corner is the author's signature in Armenian and the date 80. Melkonyan Ashot A. "Apricot Trees" 55 x 65 cm Yerevan 1980. On the upper side of the stretcher VHPO g-3951, passport of the art salon for export of the KhFSSR (inv. number half erased). In the lower right corner of the canvas there is a sticker from the factory with a half-erased seal, the artist's approval (further illegible) with the date 30.05.86 and signature. In the center of the composition there is a trace of mechanical damage with swelling of the paint layer and a 6 cm crack. In the upper right corner and at the right edge there is deformation of the canvas.