29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions

29 November 2017

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


Sitting in the Closet Primakov, album from the series “Ten Characters”.

232. KABAKOV, ILYA (B. 1933)

Sitting in the Closet Primakov, album from the series “Ten Characters”., comprising forty-seven colour serigraph prints in a calico-covered hard case, with thirty-one prints mounted on white cardboard and sixteen on grey paper, each signed and dated 1971, 1972, 1973 or 1974 in the plate

Thirty-one prints measure 18 by 25 cm, and sixteen 28.5 by 19.5 cm; each mount measures approximately 52 by 35 cm.
8,000-12,000 GBP


Provenance: Russian Contemporary Sale, Sotheby’s London, 12 March 2008, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, UK.


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.