MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 25-27 November 2019
25 November 2019
* 117. KALININ, VIATCHESLAV (B. 1939)
Card Players, from the Series "My Palette", Accompanied by the Artist’s Palette with Brushes and the Card Game Sheet, three pieces.
8,000–12,000 GBP
The artwork signed and dated 1993, also further signed twice, inscribed in Cyrillic “seriia “Moia Palitra”, titled, numbered “N 3” and dated on the reverse; the palette signed with a monogram and dated 1993, also further signed, inscribed “palitra/s kotoroi/sdelana/rabota/“Kartezhniki” and dated on the reverse; the card game sheet variously inscribed and dated 1961.
The artwork: oil and collage with fabric, board, paper, playing cards, banknote, coins, buttons and cigarette box on canvas; the palette: oil and collage with brushes, plastic cap and playing card on cardboard, metal stand; the card game sheet: ink on paper; measuring: artwork 139 by 104.5 cm, palette height 19.5 cm (with stand) and card game sheet 41.5 by 44 cm
Provenance: Private collection, USA.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist.
Literature: S. Kuskov, Viacheslav Kalinin, Paris–Moscow–New York, The Third Wave Publishers, 1995, p. 172, illustrated.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.