MacDougall Auctions 7-11 June 2010

7 June 2010

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The Commissar

479. PURYGIN, LEONID 1951-1996

The Commissar signed, inscribed in Cyrillic 'Lenya Purygin iz Nary Genialnyi' and numbered 'N19874', also further inscribed in Cyrillic 'Lenya Purygin iz Nary Genialinyi' on the reverse

Oil on canvas, 142 by 121 cm.
20,000-30,000 pounds


Provenance: Zeidlev Gallery, Gdansk.
Acquired from the above in 1991.
Private collection, UK.


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