Lot 210
  • 210

Grisha Bruskin

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Grisha Bruskin
  • Accordance no.1
  • signed in Cyrillic l.r.; further signed and titled on the reverse and bearing various exhibition labels on the backing board
  • oil on canvas
  • 95 by 90cm, 37 1/2 by 35 1/2 in.

Exhibited

Vilnius, Grisha Bruskin, 1983
Moscow, Central House of Art Workers, Grisha Bruskin, 1984
St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum; Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery; Frankfurt am Main, Städel et al., Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988, 1996-1997, illustrated on p.98 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, 7 March - 4 June 2000, illustrated on p.208 of the catalogue
Ashdod, Art Museum Ashdod, Persecuted Art & Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century, 22 June - 21 September 2003, illustrated on p.189 and listed on p.277 of the catalogue 
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 3 February - 24 April 2005, listed on p.165 of the catalogue

Condition

Original canvas which is buckling slightly over the upper left and lower right corners. There are a few light scratches to the paint surface, for example in the lower left. Inspection under UV light reveals no obvious signs of restoration. Held in a black frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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