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Arkady Petrov
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description
- Arkady Petrov
- Buttons, 1990
- signed twice, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1990 (on the reverse)
- mixed media on canvas mounted onto board
- 59 by 59 in.
- 150 by 150 cm
Exhibited
Moscow, Cinema House, Barrack, 1991
Literature
Cinema House, Arkady Petrov, Catalogue of the Exhibition, Moscow: Moskovsky Rabochiy, 1991, p. 69, illustrated
Arkady Petrov: Paradise with the Kremlin, Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2007, p. 145, illustrated
Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell, Soviet Dissident Artists: Interviews after Perestroika, New Brunswick. N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1995, p. 232
Arkady Petrov: Paradise with the Kremlin, Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2007, p. 145, illustrated
Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell, Soviet Dissident Artists: Interviews after Perestroika, New Brunswick. N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1995, p. 232
Condition
Mixed media on canvas mounted onto board. The surface is dirty and there are minor flakes of paint loss particularly to the outer edges. There are scratches in some places. The composition is missing one button in the upper right corner. Under UV no retouches are visible. Sold unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Arkady Petrov is a very sophisticated, well-trained painter who has adopted the manner of an ingenious primitive or naïve artist who uses elements of Russian kitsch. He finds and transforms images based on postcards, greetings cards, stuffed animals, and cheap souvenirs. As he has said, "The basis of my work is kitsch—the marketplace, the bazaar. I am interested in what poor people sell, like candy wrappers. Their culture interests me very much. Mass culture is my culture because I am a product of that culture."
Yet Petrov's art is not a Russian version of Pop Art, which is based on the surface appearances of objects in popular culture. In effect, he is a social and psychological historian of the lives of common folk.