LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas laid down on panel

Measurements:

53.54 in. (136.00 cm.) (height) by 62.99 in. (160.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and English with title, dated twice and numbered 'Oleg Tselkov/1963/I', further extensively inscribed in Russian with painting technique (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, 1977, no. 45 (label on the reverse).

Literature:

E. Crispolti and G. Moncada, La nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale, La Biennale di Venezia, Padua, 1977, illustrated and listed p. 153. ‘Tret'ia volna [The third wave]’, Paris, 1979, no. 5, illustrated on the cover, listed opposite the title page. Y. Aleshkovsky et al., Tselkov, Milan, 1988, illustrated p. 41, listed pp. 40 & 297, no. 7. P. Turine, Oleg Tselkov, Moscow, 2002, illustrated p. 25. F. Komorav, L. Kashuk and O. Shikhireva, Oleg Tselkov, St Petersburg, 2004, illustrated p. 12.

Provenance:

Collection of the artist. Acquired from the above by Arthur Miller (1915-2005). By descent to the present owner.