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Lot 329
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Andrei Filippov

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andrei Filippov
  • Two in Power Two, from the Chapters series
  • signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1990 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 195 by 195cm, 76 3/4 by 76 3/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
E.K.ArtBureau, Moscow
Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin

Exhibited

Cologne, Krings-Ernst Galerie, Zwei im Quadrat, 1990
London, Haunch of Venison, Glasnost: Soviet Non-Conformist Art from the 1980s, 2010, no.114

Literature

J.Backstein et al., Glasnost: Soviet Non-Conformist Art from the 1980s exhibition catalogue, Haunch of Venison/Galeri Volker Diehl, 2010, no. 114 illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. There are light abrasions to the edges with further scratches and spots of paint loss to the black pigment. There are small areas of raised paint, one approximately 12 cm in length to the lower middle edge. There are spots of paint loss to the upper right quadrant. UV light reveals no apparent retouching. An an uneven layer of varnish prevents further investigation. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

In his interviews, Andrei Filippov states the symbolic measurements of this work are 2 by 2 meters, however the physical dimensions of the piece may vary.