Lot 230
  • 230

Maria Elkonina

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maria Elkonina
  • Cross and Circles, 1960
  • signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1960 (on the reverse)
  • mixed media 
  • 26 1/2 by 29 in.
  • 67 by 74 cm

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris and New York, Gallery Basmadzhian, Russian Art, 1986
Paris, Galerie d'art et d'essai, Le Haut Pave, 1988
Moscow, Central Exhibition House "Manezh", Avant-Garde-90, 1990
Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Gallery at the Gallery, 1996
New York, Ewers Center for the Arts, Nostalgic Conceptualization, February-March, 2006

Condition

The surface is dirty and there are scratches and flakes of paint loss, particularly to the outer edges.
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