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Property from a Private Collection, United States

Vladimir Weisberg

Composition with Shell

Lot Closed

September 21, 01:33 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, United States

Vladimir Weisberg

1924 - 1985

Composition with Shell


signed in Cyrillic and dated 72 t.r.

oil on canvas

Canvas: 60 by 66cm, 23½ by 26in.

Framed: 77 by 83cm, 30¼ by 29¾in.

Private collection, United States
Sotheby's New York, Russian Art Volume II. Post War and Contemporary Art, 15 April 2008, lot 203
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
V.G.Weisberg. Zhivopis', akvarel', risunok, Moscow: Gendalf, 1994, p.125, no.426 listed
Composition with Shell is an example of Weisberg’s so-called ‘white on white’ style, the purist aesthetic of form and shade which the artist developed in the 1960s. Weisberg sought to express the harmony of the world through his painting. 'If we had perfect eyesight, we would not be able to tell objects apart. We would see nothing but pure harmony' (the artist quoted in K.Muratova, 'Vladimir Veisberg. Dvadtsat’ vyskazyvanii', Nashe nasledie, No.55, 2000).