Catalogue: Important Russian Art Auction

15 October 2020

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The Call of Death

207. SVESHNIKOV, BORIS (1927–1998)

The Call of Death, signed, titled and dated 1997 on the reverse.

Oil on paper, 57.5 by 37 cm.
3,500–5,000 GBP

Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Collection of V. Dudakov.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Beyond the 60s, Pushkin House, London, June 2007.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, I. Golomstok, S. Reviakin (eds), Beyond the 60s, London, Pushkin House, 2007, p.31, illustrated.
V. Dudakov, Boris Sveshnikov: freed in the unfree world, Moscow, Galart, 2009, illustrated.




The present lot as illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
The present lot as illustrated in the monograph

The Call of Death
The Call of Death

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