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Аукцион 51: Русское и европейское искусство
Лот 92:
Boris Sveshnikov, an ink on paper drawing depicting human figures in a field with a city skyline behind them. Inscribed ‘A work by Boris Sveshnikov. Y. Volkogonov’ and dated 1970s on the verso.
Note: Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov (1927-1998) 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 to 1980s.
Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/8 in., (22.8 x 28.2 cm.)
Condition: Some staining in various places, mostly at edges. Signature clear and legible.
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