MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
* 574. OKSHTEYN, SHIMON B. 1951
Satisfaction, from the series Witches signed and dated 1984, also further signed and dated on the reverse
Oil on canvas, 168.5 by 153.5 cm.
15,000-25,000 pounds
Provenance: Private collection, USA.
Exhibited: Edward Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York City, USA, 1984. The History of the USSR, MacDougall's, London, April-May 2008.
Literature: Russian Museum, Shimon Okshtein: A Conversation with an Object, Palace Editions, St. Petersburg, 2007, p. 50 illustrated.
Shimon Okshteyn, Watch out for Shimon Okshteyn's Witches, Edward Nakhamkin Fine Arts, Master Printers, Paris, 1985, p. 17 illustrated.
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