Catalogue: Important Russian Art Auction

15 October 2020

Artist Index / Full Catalogue

* 211. ZHILINSKY, DMITRY (1927–2015)

Man with a Slain Dog, signed with the initials and dated 1976–1989.

Acrylic on panel, 116 by 66 cm.
80,000–120,000 GBP

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist's son by the present owner.
Important private collection, USA.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist.

Exhibited: Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde , itinerant: Pasadena (Art Center College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery), Oxford OH (University Art Museum), St. Petersburg (The State Russian Museum), Moscow (The State Tretiakov Gallery), Chestnut Hill (McMullen Museum of Art. Boston College), Greenwich CT (Bruce Museum of Art and Science), Gainesvill FL (Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art), Lamarie WY (Art Museum, University of Wyoming), St. Peter MN (Hillstrom Museum of Art. Gustavus Adolphus college), 1998–2008.

Literature: M. Shashkina, D. Zhilinski. Mastera Sovetskogo Iskusstva, Moscow, Sovetsky Khudozhnik, 1989, p. 3, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Forbidden Art. The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde Artists, Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 1998, p. 14, illustrated.

Related literature: For a similar work, see Dimitry Zhilinsky: peintures et dessins, Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, 1987, p. 71, illustrated.



The present lot as illustrated in the Exhibition catalogue
The artist's letter confirming authenticity

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.