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Lot 129
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Oskar Rabin

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Oskar Rabin
  • We Live in Pryluky
  • signed in Cyrillic and dated 65 t.r.; further titled, numbered N288 and dated 1965 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 99.5cm, 31 1/2 by 39 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the father of the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. Abrasions and minor paint losses are visible to all four edges. There are a few small chips to the paint surface, for example in the background in the upper right quadrant to the right of the black tent outline. There are isolated areas of craquelure and drying cracks throughout the surface. An air pocket has formed between the canvas and the paint layer causing the surface to bulge slightly above the signature. There is a layer of surface dirt. Inspection under UV light reveals no obvious signs of restoration. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

This collection was formed by the Italian journalist Luigi Fossati following the end of the Thaw when non-conformist and dissident artists were once again driven underground. At the time Fossati was the Eastern correspondent at Il Giorno, who was posted first to Hamburg, Warsaw and then Moscow between 1964 and 1969. It was Hans Bjorkegen, the Swedish poet, historian and preeminent translator of Russian literature into Swedish, who first introduced him into the circle of the Moscow nonconformists and the Fossatis’ apartment soon became a meeting place for artists, foreign journalists and diplomats. Fossati’s wife was herself an amateur artist and struck up a friendship with Anatoly Zverev in particular, often making him generous gifts of artist’s materials.