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25 November 2012

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The Last Judgement

420. KALININ, VIATCHESLAV (B.1939)

The Last Judgement, signed and dated 1972, further titled and inscribed with a dedication in Cyrillic on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 71.5 by 49.5 cm.
8,000–12,000 GBP


Provenance: Acquired directly from V. Kalinin by the art critic and artist Franco Miele.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, Italy.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist.

Exhibited: La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzetto dello Sport all’Arsenale, Venice, 1977 (label on the reverse).
La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Palazzo Madama, Turin, 1978.
Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell’Est europeo, Scuola Cantonale di Commercio, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 18 February–14 March 1978 (label on the reverse).

Literature: F. Miele, L’avanguardia tradita. Arte russa dal XIX al XX sec., Rome, Carte Segrete, 1973, p. 481, illustrated in black and white.
Exhibition catalogue, La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Venice, Marsilio, 1977, p. 216, listed as Le trombe del giudizio universale.
Exhibition catalogue, La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, Turin, Gazzetta del Popolo, 1978, p. 188, listed as Giudizio universale.
Exhibition catalogue, Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell’Est europeo, Bellinzona, 1978, listed as Le trombe del giudizio universale.


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