LOT DETAILS

Materials:

egg tempera and oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.96 in. (101.50 cm.) (height) by 29.72 in. (75.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed 'sketch/proposal' for the Mural/for UN building, NYC' and dated 1982 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Glasnost. Soviet Non-Conformist Art from the 1980s , Haunch of Venison, London, 16 April—26 June 2010.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, J. Backstein, et al, Glasnost. Soviet Non-Conformist Art from the 1980, Manchester, Cornerhouse Publications, 2010, pp. 140–141, illustrated and listed with the wrong size. For another version of the present lot, see exhibition catalogue, Komar and Melamid, Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, 1985, p. 13, illustrated. C. Ratcliff, Komar & Melamid, New York, Abbeville Press, 1988, p. 134, pl. 125, illustrated. B. Groys, The Total Art of Stalinism, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1992, illustrated on the cover. A. Weinstein, Vitaly Komar. Three-Day Weekend, New York, The Humanities Gallery, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2005, p. 21, illustrated

Provenance:

Acquired directly from V. Komar by the present owner in 2007. Private collection, USA