Lot 289
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Mikhail Chemiakin

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mikhail Chemiakin
  • The Gossipers
  • signed in Latin and dated 1990 l.r.; further dated and inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 132.5 by 132.5cm, 52 1/4 by 52 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1990s

Exhibited

Odessa, Texas, Art Institute of the Permian Basin, Silent Screams from the Russian Underground, September-November 1995 (travelling exhibition, visiting Parkesburg, West Virginia; Scanaba, Michigan; Wausau, Wisconsin; and Fairfield, Connecticut through April 1997)

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue Silent Screams from the Russian Underground, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995, p.3, no.7 illustrated

Condition

Oil on original canvas. The surface is covered with a layer of varnish. In overall excellent condition. Under UV no pigment appears to fluoresce. Held in a simple wood strip frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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