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A Model for the Monument of Sholem Aleichem
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* 93. CHERNOV, YURI (1935-2009)

A Model for the Monument of Sholem Aleichem, signed.

Bronze, height 66.5 cm.
10,000-15,000 GBP

Executed in 1992.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in Moscow in the early 1990s.
Private collection, Singapore.

The present lot is a model for the monument of Sholem Aleichem which was subsequently installed in Moscow in December 2001. The monument stands close to the location of the Moscow Stated Jewish Theatre where many of Sholem Aleichem's plays were staged before the Theatre's closure in 1948.



This lot is located in the UK.

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