Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Nikolai Smirnov
Broken Icon-Lamp
Lot Closed
June 8, 04:13 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Nikolai Smirnov
1938 - 2005
Broken Icon-Lamp
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1983 l.r.; further signed, titled, dated, and bearing a Soviet export label on the reverse
tempera on canvas laid on wood
Canvas: 80.5 by 90cm, 31 ¾ by 35 ½ in.
Framed: 96 by 105.5cm, 38 by 41 ½ in.
Nikolai Smirnov: Eternal Return, St Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2010, p.90 illustrated; p.107 illustrated and listed