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LOT 85:
RUSSIAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY BORIS SVESHNIKOV
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RUSSIAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY BORIS SVESHNIKOV
Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov, Russian Soviet, 1927 to 1998, watercolor painting on paper depicting a rural landscape. Circa: 1970s to 1980s. Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator. Refers to unofficial Soviet art. In 1946 he was repressed for anti-Soviet propaganda. Rehabilitated in 1956. Belongs to the generation of the sixties. He worked for Goslitizdat and created illustrations for books by Goethe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, H. K. Andersen, the brothers Grimm, M. Maeterlinck, K. G. Paustovsky, J. Soderberg, T. Moore, J. Vrchlitsky and others writers. One of the largest and most authoritative representatives of the unofficial art of the 1950s to 1980s. One of a kind artwork.
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. All measurements are approximate.
