Lot 250
  • 250

Oskar Rabin

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Oskar Rabin
  • Rostov Bells
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 66 l.l.; further titled, numbered 320 and dated on the reverse and bearing various exhibition labels on the stretcher
  • oil heightened with gold on canvas
  • 53 by 100cm, 20 3/4 by 39 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.195 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, 7 March - 4 June 2000, illustrated on p.140 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.184 and listed on p.282 of the catalogue
Bratislava, The Slovak National Gallery, Nonkonformisti. Druhá ruská avantgarda 1955-1988. Zbierka Bar-Gera, 14 November 2008 - 22 February 2009, illustrated on p.80 and listed on p.167 of the catalogue

Condition

Original canvas which is buckling in places, notably in the built-up areas of paint along the right edge. There are frame abrasions with associated paint loss along all edges. Very fine cracks and flecks of minor paint loss are visible in places. There is a layer of surface dirt with yellow spots along the top edge. Inspection under UV light does not reveal any apparent signs of restoration. Held in a simple wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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