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MAY 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 184:
Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov, (Russian Soviet, 1927 – 1998), watercolor and ink on paper painting depicting a fairy-tale scene. Matted and framed. Inscribed in Russian verso. Provenance: From the collection of the artist’s family.Note: Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov was a Russian Nonconformist painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator. Refers to unofficial Soviet art. In 1946 he was repressed for anti-Soviet propaganda. Rehabilitated in 1956. Belongs to the generation of the sixties. He worked for Goslitizdat and created illustrations for books by Goethe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, H. K. Andersen, the brothers Grimm, M. Maeterlinck, K. G. Paustovsky, J. Soderberg, T. Moore, J. Vrchlitsky and other writers. One of the largest and most authoritative representatives of the unofficial art of the 1950s to1980s.
Dimensions: 7 x 7 in., (17.8 x 17.8 cm.)
Condition: Very good with expected signs of age.
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