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Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov
- The Sculptor's Studio
- signed in Cyrillic and dated 74 l.r.; further bearing a USSR export label on the stretcher and a Gekkoso label on the backing board
- oil on canvas
- 45 by 45cm, 17 3/4 by 17 3/4 in.
Provenance
Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo
Exhibited
Tokyo, Gekkoso Gallery, Yuri Pimenov: Izobrazhenie vnutrennego mira chelovechestva po teme sovremennoi zhizni, 10-20 December 1974, no.10
Literature
Exhibition catalogue Yuri Pimenov: Izobrazhenie vnutrennego mira chelovechestva po teme sovremennoi zhizni, Tokyo: Gekkoso Gallery, 1974, no.10 illustrated
A.Sidorov, Yurii Ivanovich Pimenov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1986, p.193, no.426 listed as Skul'pturnaya masterskaya
A.Sidorov, Yurii Ivanovich Pimenov, Moscow: Sovetskii khudozhnik, 1986, p.193, no.426 listed as Skul'pturnaya masterskaya
Condition
Original canvas on original stretcher. The canvas is buckling very slightly in the corners. Otherwise in very good condition and ready to hang. Held in gilt wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The director of Tokyo's Gekkoso gallery, Yoko Nakamura, first visited the Soviet Union in 1969 and organised the first selling exhibition of Soviet art in Japan the following year. Similar exhibitions took place every year for over ten years, not only in Tokyo, but also in Osaka and Sapporo. Nakamura was involved in numerous enterprises to promote the Soviet Union in Japan. She published a quarterly art magazine in Japan in association with the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artists of the USSR, and organised a monumental retrospective of Soviet and Russian art which included over 600 works from the State Tretyakov Gallery, including Ivan Shishkin's Rye Fields. The Sculptor's Studio is from Pimenov's celebrated still life series Veshchi lyudei (People's Things). Soon after it was painted in 1974, it was sent to Japan for his solo show at Gekkoso Gallery which also included Posters in the Rain (1973, sold at Sotheby's London in June 2014) and Anticipation (1959, The State Tretyakov Gallery).