Lot 213
  • 213

Vladimir Yankilevsky

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vladimir Yankilevsky
  • Woman at the Seaside with Red
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 81 on the reverse and bearing various exhibition labels on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 128 by 95cm, 50 1/2 by 37 1/2 in.

Exhibited

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.140 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, 7 March - 4 June 2000, illustrated on p.174 of the catalogue
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, 3 February - 24 April 2005
Bratislava, The Slovak National Gallery, Nonkonformisti. Druhá ruská avantgarda 1955-1988. Zbierka Bar-Gera, 2008, illustrated on p.115 of the catalogue

Condition

Original canvas. There are frame abrasions at the edges with minor associated paint loss. There is a layer of surface dirt with some scattered staining in the lower part of the composition. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a simple black strip frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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