Lot 244
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Vagrich Bakhchanyan

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Vagrich Bakhchanyan
  • Festive Moscow
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1971 on the reverse; also bearing various exhibition labels on the frame and backing board
  • collage on paper
  • 24.5 by 37cm, 9 1/2 by 14 1/2 in.

Exhibited

St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum; Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery; Frankfurt am Main, Städel et al., Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988, 1996-1997, illustrated on p.77 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, 7 March - 4 June 2000, illustrated on p.183 of the catalogue
Ashdod, Art Museum Ashdod, Persecuted Art & Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century, 22 June - 21 September 2003, illustrated on p.242 and listed on p.276 of the catalogue
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 3 February - 24 April 2005, illustrated on p.151 and listed on p.163 of the catalogue
Bratislava, The Slovak National Gallery, Nonkonformisti. Druhá ruská avantgarda 1955-1988. Zbierka Bar-Gera, 14 November 2008 - 22 February 2009

Condition

There is general wear to the edges and corners. The sheet is undulating along the top and bottom edges. Held in a simple wooden frame behind Plexiglass. Unexamined out of frame.
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