27 Nov 2013 Russian Art Auctions
27 November 2013
§ 339. PIVOVAROV, VICTOR (B. 1937)
Fugitive, signed and dated 1986.
Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 25 by 32.5 cm.
3,000–5,000 GBP
Provenance: A gift from the artist to the philosopher Boris Groys and his wife, Cologne, c. 1987 (inscription on the reverse).
Private collection, Europe.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist.
Exhibited:Artists of the Russian Underground, MacDougall’s, London, October 2007.
Related literature: For another version of the present lot, see V. Pivovarov, Serye tetradi, Moscow, Literaturnoe obozrenie, 2002, p. 358.
Exhibition catalogue, Oni. Viktor Pivovarov, Moscow, MMoMA, 2011, p. 51.
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.