Lot 113
  • 113

Alexander Sitnikov

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Sitnikov
  • the rape of europa
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 78;08 l.r.; further signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 1978;2008 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 110 by 200cm., 43 1/4 by 78 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in the 1990s

Exhibited

Moscow, Tsentralny Dom Khudozhnika, Exhibition of 23 Moscow Artists, 1981

Condition

Original canvas. There is a layer of light surface dirt. Some areas are quite textured. Some pigments fluoresce under UV light but there is no apparent retouching.
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