MacDougall Auctions 8 June 2009
8 June 2009
539. KOMAR and MELAMID B. 1943 and B. 1945
Double Revelation 5 signed, titled amd dated 1991
Mixed media on paper, 73 by 129 cm.
4,000-6,000 pounds
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Private collection, France.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist. "This series has been inspired by reading of the Bible and transcendental duality ( relation between irony and spirituality) of apocaliptic visions of the end of the world." Vitaly Komar
Notes on symbols:
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