Lot 125
  • 125

Vladimir Fedorovich Stozharov

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vladimir Fedorovich Stozharov
  • By the Well, Vazhgort
  • incised 10,4,65 l.l.; further signed, titled, dated, numbered 1023 and bearing a USSR Academy of Arts label on the reverse
  • oil on card laid on board
  • 45 by 107.5cm, 18 by 42 1/2 in.

Exhibited

Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art, Women in Soviet Art, 15 June - 10 November 2013
Minneapolis, The Museum of Russian Art, Life on the Edge of the Forest: Russian Traditions in Wood, 13 September 2014 - 29 March 2015

Literature

Vladimir Fedorovich Stozharov. Katalog proizvedenii. Zhivopis', risunok, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1977, p.93 listed

Condition

The card has been laid on board. The edges and corners of the card show signs of wear with associated paint losses and minor cracks. There are minor losses to the top corners. There are pinholes visible along the edges. Fine cracks are visible in places and there is a layer of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a gilt wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

The present work was executed in the autumn of 1965 during Stozharov's trip to the Komi ASSR with artists Efrem Zverkov and Yuri Semenyuk.