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Leonid Sokov
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Leonid Sokov
- bear beating a hammer into a sickle
- signed in Latin, dated 1996 and numbered 2/6 on the base
- bronze and gilt bronze
- height: 60cm., 23 1/2 in.; length: 35cm., 13 3/4 in.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Condition
The work is in good overall condition with a gold brown patina.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"Traditions have been established and fortified, sanctified by cultural an official ideology - spurious links that distort the true nature of things. Things and ideas are united by false, hierarchical relationships that harm their very natures. In reality, they are disjoined and separated by contrived, speculative strata restraining them from coming into contact with their living corporeality. It is essential to destroy and rebuild this whole, false picture of the world, to break all the false, hierarchical links between things and ideas"
V. Patsyukov in A-YA: Unofficial Russian Art Review 1979-1986. No. 2. Moscow 2004, pp. 10f.