Lot 301
  • 301

Boris Mikhailov

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Mikhailov
  • Two Works from the Salt Lake series
  • each signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1986 on the reverse, one numbered 1/5, one numbered 2/5
  • sepia toned silver prints
  • One image: 24.2 by 35.4 cm; 9 1/2 by 13 7/8 in., sheet: 29.8 by 39.8 cm; 11 3/4 by 15 5/8 in.; One image: 24 by 35 cm; 9 1/2 by 13 3/4 in., sheet: 30 by 39.5 cm; 11 3/4 by 15 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1986, one work is number one from an edition of five, one work is number two from an edition of five.

Exhibited

Boris Mikhailov: Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2005 (another edition exhibited)
Boris Mikhailov: Salt Lake, La Criée, Rennes, France, 2012 (another edition exhibited)
Boris Mikhailov: Time is Out of Joint, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 2012 (another edition exhibited)

Literature

D.Teboul, Boris Mikhailov: I've Been Here Once Before, Munich, 2001
F.Meschede, Boris Mikhailov: Salt Lake, London, 2002

 

Condition

Each work has some abrasions to the surface, where the gloss has faded or come off. Minor creasing and some scratches. Held in a simple black wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

An edition of this work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.