Russian Art + NFT Auction

10 June 2021

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


The Call of Death

168. SVESHNIKOV, BORIS (1927–1998)

The Call of Death, signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1997 on the reverse.

Oil on paper, 37.5 by 37 cm.
3,000–4,000 GBP

Provenance: Collection of the artist.
Collection of Valery Dudakov.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Beyond the 60s, Pushkin House, London, June 2007.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, I. Golomstok, S. Reviakin (eds), Beyond the 60s, London, Pushkin House, 2007, p. 31, illustrated.
V. Dudakov, Boris Sveshnikov: Freed in the Unfree World, Moscow, Galart, 2009, illustrated.




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