Lot 188
  • 188

Victor Pivovarov

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Victor Pivovarov
  • A Bun for Tea (from the Apartment N.22 series)
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1992 on the top part of the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 77 by 88cm., 30 1/4 by 34 5/8 in.

Provenance

XL gallery, Moscow, 2003

Exhibited

Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, solo exhibition Victor Pivovarov: Shagi Mekhaniki [Viktor Pivovarov: Steps of Mechanic], 2 March - 4 April, 2004

Moscow, Contemporary Art Museum ART4.ru, 2009

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Victor Pivovarov: Shagi Mekhanika [Viktor Pivovarov: Steps of Mechanic], Moscow: The State Tretyakov Gallery, 2004

Condition

Original canvas. There are fine lines of craquelure in places throughout. There is a small chip in the lower left corner of the wooden frame and some minor abrasion to the edges of the frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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