MARCH 2024 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE

A SOLOMON NIKRITIN MIXED MEDIA PAINTING, SOVIET

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Start price: $800

Estimated price: $1,200 - $1,500

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Solomon Nikritin, a watercolor painting depicting a crowd of people riding in a subway train. Signed by the author on the verso "S. Nikritin". Housed in a wooden frame. Additionally inscribed on the verso both in Russian and English.

Solomon Borisovitch Nekritin (1898-1965) was an Soviet Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and theatrical designer. He is mostly known for his avant-garde, neo-primitivist and constructivist works. Nekritin was one of the favorite artists of George Costakis (1913-1990), a prominent Russian-Greek collector of avant-garde and unofficial Soviet art.

6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in., (16.5 x 21 cm.)