OSKAR RABIN | 'Cherkizovskaya Street' and 'Rooftop' [Two works]

one signed in Cyrillic and dated '64' l.l., the other signed in Cyrillic and dated '63' l.m.ink and charcoal on paper, one with watercolorIn the 1960s Rabin was closely associated with the Lianozovo group, an underground art colony based in former camp barracks. In 1964 Rabin moved to a cooperative apartment on Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya street № 8. Among the residents of the street was the prominent dissident poet and art collector Alexander Glezer, with whom Rabin organised the 1974 Bulldozer Exhibition, a pivotal event in the history of unofficial Soviet art.

St Petersburg, The State Russian Museum; Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery; Frankfurt am Main, Städel et al., 'Nonkonformisty: vtoroy russkiy avangard 1955-1988', 1996-1997, both illustrated on p.196 of the catalogue
Verona, Palazzo Forti, 'L'arte vietata in URSS 1955-1988', 7 March - 4 June 2000, both illustrated on pp.118-119 of the catalogue
Ashdod, Art Museum Ashdod, 'Persecuted Art & Artists under Totalitarian Regimes in Europe During the 20th Century', 22 June - 21 September 2003, both illustrated on p.184 and listed on p.282 of the catalogue
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, 'Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera', 3 February - 24 April 2005, both illustrated on p.71 and listed on p.172 of the catalogue
Bratislava, The Slovak National Gallery, 'Nonkonformisti. Druhá ruská avantgarda 1955-1988. Zbierka Bar-Gera', 14 November 2008 - 22 February 2009, one illustrated on p.81 of the catalogue

The sheets have both slightly discolored, are slightly undulated and have a layer of light surface dirt. Held in simple black wooden frames behind plexiglass. Unexamined out of frames.
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