MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 1 December 2011
1 December 2011
§ 321. PLAVINSKY, DMITRY (B. 1937)
Come si dipingeva una volta, signed and inscribed in Cyrillic with a dedication on the reverse.
Tempera and oil on canvas,78.5 by 60.5 cm.
30,000-40,000 GBP
Executed in 1972.
Provenance: Important private collection, Italy.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist’s wife Maria Plavinskaya.
Exhibited: La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzetto dello Sport all’Arsenale, Venice, Italy, 1977 (label on the reverse).
La nouva arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Palazzo Madama, Turin, 1978.
Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell’Est europeo, Scuola Cantonale di Commercio, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 1978 (label on the reverse).
Literature: Exhibition catalogue, La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Venice, Marsilio, 1977, p. 221, listed as Come si dipingeva una volta.
Exhibition catalogue, La nuova Arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Turin, Gazzetta del Popolo, 1978, p. 41, illustrated; p. 188, listed as Come si dipingeva una volta.
Exhibition catalogue, Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell’Est europeo, Bellinzona, Arte Incontri Mass-media, 1978, listed as La lettera.
Dmitry Plavinsky, New York, Rizzoli, 2000, p. 201, illustrated; p. 263, listed as Still Life in a Cobweb.
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.