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Property from the Bar-Gera Collection

Ilya Kabakov

Labyrinth with a Fly

Lot Closed

September 21, 02:35 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Bar-Gera Collection

Ilya Kabakov

b.1933

Labyrinth with a Fly


signed in Cyrillic l.r.; further bearing various exhibition labels on the backing board and frame

watercolour, coloured pencil and pencil on paper

Sheet: 13 by 19.5cm, 5 by 7¾in.

Framed: 42 by 50.5cm, 16½ by 19¾in.


Executed in 1966


Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.

Exhibition catalogue Nonkonformisty: vtoroi russkii avangard 1955-1988, Cologne: Wienland, 1996, p.150 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988, Milan: Electa, 2000, p.187 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue Persecuted Art and Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe during the 20th Century, Bönen: Kettler, 2003, p.211 illustrated; p.279 listed
Exhibition catalogue Avantgarde im Untergrund: Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera, Wabern/Bern: Benteli, 2005, p.135 illustrated; p.168, no.74 listed