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Property from a Private Collection, United States

Leonid Purygin

Removal of the Penis

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November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Collection, United States

Leonid Purygin

1951 - 1995


Removal of the Penis

signed in Cyrillic with initials L.P. (lower left); dated 91 (lower right); signed Lenya Purygin iz Nary / Genial'nyi (on the reverse)

oil on fibreboard

22 by 17 cm, 8⅝ by 6⅝ in.

Framed: 44.5 by 39.5 cm, 17½ by 15½ in.

Executed in 1991.

Acquired directly from the artist's wife in the 1990s

Leonid Purygin, Moscow: Titul Publishers, 1992, no. 97, p. 177, illustrated