Lot 220
  • 220

Leonid Sokov, b.1941

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Leonid Sokov
  • Two profiles
  • signed in Latin, numbered 3/6 and dated 1989
  • mixed media
  • 82 by 73cm., 32¼ by 28¾in.

Provenance

The Collection of the Artist;
Private Collection, USA

Literature

Galleria Carini, Firenze 1991, p.6 (illustrated)
Grace Glueck, Nyet to Passé Soviet Realism, Yes to Lenin as Mickey Mouse, The New York Times, Friday 5th December 2003 (illustrated)
Leonid Sokov: Sculptures, Paintings, Objects, Installations, Documents, Articles, St. Petersburg: The State Russian Museum, Palace Editions, 2000 p. 134 (illustrated)

Condition

Apart from some light surface dirt, the work is in apparent good condition and ready to hang.
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