Lot 688
  • 688

Alexander Kosolapov

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Kosolapov
  • The creation
  • signed in Latin and dated 1985 on the reverse and signed in Latin on the each bar of the stretcher
  • acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

  • 102 by 142cm., 40 1/8 by 56in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in1988

Exhibited

Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,  18 April - 20 June 1999
Aachen, Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig, Hommage-Demontage, 25 March - 15 May 1988
Ludwigshafen, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Hommage-Demontage, 28 May- 3 July 1988
Gelsenkirchen, Städtisches Museum, Hommage-Demontage,  28 August - 23 October 1988
Utrecht, Hedendaagse Kunst, Hommage-Demontage, 12 November - 31 December 1988
Hasselt, Provinciaalmuseum, Hommage-Demontage, 28 January - 5 March 1989
Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Hommage-Demontage, 15 March -1 May 1989

Literature

Ruhr Nachrichten, 26.August 1988, illustrated

Condition

There are some light surface scratches in places, the most visible are to the middle of the top edge and to the bottom left corner. Unframed.
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