Lot 302
  • 302

Boris Mikhailov

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Mikhailov
  • Untitled from the Sots Art series
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 1983 on the reverse
  • silver print hand-coloured with aniline dyes
  • 48 by 49cm, 18 3/4 by 19 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1978, this work is from an edition of seven. Each edition is unique due to quality of the process.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Frankfurt am Main, Portikus; Kunsthalle Zurich, Boris Mikhailov, 1995-1996 (another edition exhibited)
Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Boris Mikhailov: Time is Out of Joint, 2012 (another edition exhibited)

Literature

G.Williams, Boris Mikhailov 55, London, 2001, another version illustrated in colour
U.Stahel (ed.), Boris Mikhailov: A Retrospective, Zurich, 2003, another version illustrated in colour p. 52
D.Neumaier (ed.), Beyond Memory: Soviet Nonconformist Photography and Photo-Related Works of Art, New Brunswick, NJ, 2004, another version illustrated p.105

Condition

Staining and minor foxing on the lower marging on the sheet. Minor wear to paper along the left edge. Otherwise this work is in a very good overall condition and the print itself is intact.
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