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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1994

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1995

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1996

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1991

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1989

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Unknown

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1989

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Face, Unknown

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Flower, 1990

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Tower, 1993

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Bird, 1996

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1998

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, 1996

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Sergei Alferov Abstract composition, Flower, ca. 1998

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Murray Zimiles Palio 3, 2016

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Murray Zimiles Hunt 11, 2017

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Murray Zimiles San Gimignano Vortex, 2014

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Nikolai Suetin Untitled, 1929

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Nikolai Suetin Untitled, 1920

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Aleksander Kosolapov McLenin's Next Block

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Sergei A. Volokhov The Egg, 1975

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Sergei A. Volokhov In Chertanovo, 1975

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Mikhail Larionov Rayonist Composition, 1914

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Gustave Klutsis Communism HOT Americanism, 1920

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Gustave Klutsis Design for Radio-Speaker, 1922

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Pavel Radimov Turkmenia. Kurds in mountains. Village Firuza, 1936

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Serge Charchoune Cubist Still Life, 1920

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Samuel Adlivankin Railway, 1922

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Vasily Bobrov Untitled, 1919

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Natalia Goncharova Sketch for theatre performance of “The Golden Cockerel or at the marriage” by Alexandr Pushkin, 1914

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Rosalia Rabinovich Higher, Higher, Higher . 1937

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Rosalia Rabinovich Forward USSR, 1933

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Rosalia Rabinovich Soviet Aviators, 1930s

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Rosalia Rabinovich Labor USSR 1930s

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Vladimir Bechteev Untitled ,1921

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Vladimir Bechteev Untitled, 1921

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Vladimir Bechteev Untitled, 1923

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Igor Vishnyakov Dance Composition No. 4, 2001

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Igor Vishnyakov Athena, 2001

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Constantin Brâncuși The Fish, 1920-1922

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About the Artist

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper
38 × 24 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper
38 x 24 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper
38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper
38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper
38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 24 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 24 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Mixed media on paper 38 × 28 in

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Sergey Alferov (1951, Tashkent - 2004, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian artist and participant in the non-conformist movement. Born into a family descended from nobility and raised and educated (PP Benkov Fine Arts College) in Tashkent, Mr. Alferov moved to Moscow at 21 in 1972. Throughout his life, he was committed to Asiatic traditions based on allegory, mythology, and fairytale ornamentalism. In Moscow, as previously in Tashkent, the official authority never appreciated the unusual style of the young artist. Nevertheless, as he was such an exceptional painter, Alferov was recognized by non-conformist movement representatives and welcomed into their circle. He participated in the notorious Bulldozer Exhibition held within the Belyayevo Forest in 1974. This exhibition was composed entirely of avant garde artists and was not officially sanctioned by the government. It was broken up by force by the police. Alferov befriended Anatoly Zverev in the late 1970s and joined the founders of Soviet non-conformism, becoming a full-fledged participant in the most outstanding exhibits and auctions. Sergey Alferov intensively traveled and studied at various schools of philosophy, which was reflected in all of his works; he was in the constant quest for style, unflaggingly converting the form and manner of delivery. Sergey Alferov tragically died in 2004 at the peak of his popularity. He died under unknown circumstances.


Oil and mixed media on canvas. 60 × 40 in. Signed and titled in Latin and dated on the reverse.

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Murray Zimiles, who has been a professor of art at Purchase College, State University of New York, since 1977, was born in New York in 1941. He achieved his BFA in painting and printmaking from the University of Illinois and his MFA from Cornell University and enhanced his printmaking credentials through study in Paris, France. Zimiles is the Guest Curator of the American Folk Art Museum’s recent exhibition of Jewish Folk Art.
Zimiles has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1965. His work is held widely within private and museum collections throughout the world, notably–the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel; the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.


Oil and mixed media on canvas. 60 × 40 in. Signed and titled in Latin and dated on the reverse.

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Murray Zimiles, who has been a professor of art at Purchase College, State University of New York, since 1977, was born in New York in 1941. He achieved his BFA in painting and printmaking from the University of Illinois and his MFA from Cornell University and enhanced his printmaking credentials through study in Paris, France. Zimiles is the Guest Curator of the American Folk Art Museum’s recent exhibition of Jewish Folk Art.
Zimiles has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1965. His work is held widely within private and museum collections throughout the world, notably–the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel; the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.


Oil and mixed media on canvas. 60 × 40 in. Signed and titled in Latin and dated on the reverse.

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Murray Zimiles, who has been a professor of art at Purchase College, State University of New York, since 1977, was born in New York in 1941. He achieved his BFA in painting and printmaking from the University of Illinois and his MFA from Cornell University and enhanced his printmaking credentials through study in Paris, France. Zimiles is the Guest Curator of the American Folk Art Museum’s recent exhibition of Jewish Folk Art.
Zimiles has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1965. His work is held widely within private and museum collections throughout the world, notably–the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel; the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.


Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper. Signed in right corner in Cyrillic “СУЕТИН 18/V/29” (SUETIN, 18/V/29). 10 2/5 × 7 7/10 in.

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Nikolai Suetin was an artist born into an impoverished noble family in 1897. He discovered his passion for painting while attending the cadet corps in St. Petersburg, where he was exposed to drawing lessons. After being mobilized during World War I, he served in the Caucasus and later in Vitebsk, where he became involved in the UNOVIS group of avant-garde artists under the mentorship of Kazimir Malevich. Suetin's signature style became his suprematic porcelain, which he developed with Malevich and fellow artist Ilya Chashnik.

In 1932, Suetin was appointed chief artist of the State Porcelain Factory (later the Leningrad Porcelain Factory named after M. V. Lomonosov), where he worked until the end of his life. During the war, Suetin and his wife, Anna Leporskaya, remained in besieged Leningrad, where Suetin worked on masking the city objects, while Leporskaya painted.

After Stalin's death, the State Porcelain Factory received an order for a funeral wreath made of roses. Suetin fulfilled the order and took it to Moscow the next morning. The artist's family was later informed that he had suffered a heart attack and spent almost a year in the Kremlin hospital before being transported to Leningrad, where he died two months later in 1954.


- Acquired by Gera Kocen, Riga from above in 1970s.
- Acquired from above in 2010, Shchukin Collection, Tallinn, Estonia.


Oil paint, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper. 11 4/5 × 8 3/10 in. Signed in lower left corner in Cyrillic “Витебск Суетин 20 г р.с 3078” (Vitebsk Suetin 20 year- r.s. 3078).

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Nikolai Suetin was an artist born into an impoverished noble family in 1897. He discovered his passion for painting while attending the cadet corps in St. Petersburg, where he was exposed to drawing lessons. After being mobilized during World War I, he served in the Caucasus and later in Vitebsk, where he became involved in the UNOVIS group of avant-garde artists under the mentorship of Kazimir Malevich. Suetin's signature style became his suprematic porcelain, which he developed with Malevich and fellow artist Ilya Chashnik.

In 1932, Suetin was appointed chief artist of the State Porcelain Factory (later the Leningrad Porcelain Factory named after M. V. Lomonosov), where he worked until the end of his life. During the war, Suetin and his wife, Anna Leporskaya, remained in besieged Leningrad, where Suetin worked on masking the city objects, while Leporskaya painted.

After Stalin's death, the State Porcelain Factory received an order for a funeral wreath made of roses. Suetin fulfilled the order and took it to Moscow the next morning. The artist's family was later informed that he had suffered a heart attack and spent almost a year in the Kremlin hospital before being transported to Leningrad, where he died two months later in 1954.


-1920’s acquired by Dmitry Petrovich Gordeev
- By 1960: collection S. Ivanitskiy, Odessa, Ukraine
1992: acquired from above by A. V. Goncharuk, Kiev, Ukraine 2005: acquired from above by Viacheslav Vassilevsky, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2012: acquired from above by Merrill C. Berman


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Aleksander Kosolapov (born 1943) is a Russian artist who works in many different mediums. He attended the Surikov Moscow Art Institute in the 1950s and emigrated to America in 1975. He works and resides in New York City. He is famous for his controversial tones, combining iconic Soviet imagery and ideology with comical Western cultural references. One of his most famous works is the painting "Lenin: Coca Cola It's The Real Thing."


Collection, New York . Traisman Collection


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B. 1937, Moscow, Russia
Sergei A. Volokhov is an established Russian artist, a member of artistic underground movement, which was
flourishing in Moscow in the 1970s and 1980s. The Russian art that was stagnating under the strict censorship
in the Stalin era and for the next 20 years suddenly exploded the Stalinist dogmas in the early 1970s. All official
exhibitions in Soviet Russia were subject to censorship.
Volokhov has taken part to nearly all unoffical exhibitions in Moscow with other artists (Oskar Rabin, Mikhail
Roginsky, Vladimir Titov, Anatoly Sverew, Vladimir Nemukhin, Nikolaï Vetchtomov, Ivan Tschuikov, Komar

and Melamid, Dmitri Plavinsky, Edouard Drobitskiy and many others). The first independent open-air exhi-
bition in Moscow was crushed by bulldozers (paintings and all) in the Autumn of 1974. It was followed by a

number of exhibitions at various flats or small venues, which were in turn closed by the authorities. It was a
real revival of Russian culture. It did not come easily but required a lot of personal courage and struggle from
its participants. The artists were regularly detained, arrested, some spent years in the camps. By late 1970s a
compromise between the artists and the authorities was established: the Moscow City Committee of Graphics at
Malaya Gruzinskaya street in Moscow became an umbrella union for unofficial artists with regular exhibitions
and moderate censorship. Only perestroika brought true independence but by that time many artists left Russia
for good.
Sergei A. Volokhov has lived in Brussels, Belgium from 1991.
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Private Collection, New York


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B. 1937, Moscow, Russia
Sergei A. Volokhov is an established Russian artist, a member of artistic underground movement, which was
flourishing in Moscow in the 1970s and 1980s. The Russian art that was stagnating under the strict censorship
in the Stalin era and for the next 20 years suddenly exploded the Stalinist dogmas in the early 1970s. All official
exhibitions in Soviet Russia were subject to censorship.
Volokhov has taken part to nearly all unoffical exhibitions in Moscow with other artists (Oskar Rabin, Mikhail
Roginsky, Vladimir Titov, Anatoly Sverew, Vladimir Nemukhin, Nikolaï Vetchtomov, Ivan Tschuikov, Komar

and Melamid, Dmitri Plavinsky, Edouard Drobitskiy and many others). The first independent open-air exhi-
bition in Moscow was crushed by bulldozers (paintings and all) in the Autumn of 1974. It was followed by a

number of exhibitions at various flats or small venues, which were in turn closed by the authorities. It was a
real revival of Russian culture. It did not come easily but required a lot of personal courage and struggle from
its participants. The artists were regularly detained, arrested, some spent years in the camps. By late 1970s a
compromise between the artists and the authorities was established: the Moscow City Committee of Graphics at
Malaya Gruzinskaya street in Moscow became an umbrella union for unofficial artists with regular exhibitions
and moderate censorship. Only perestroika brought true independence but by that time many artists left Russia
for good.
Sergei A. Volokhov has lived in Brussels, Belgium from 1991.
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Private Collection, New York


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Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov; born June 3, 1881 - died May 10,
1964) is an outstanding Russian artist of the 19th-20th centuries, a neo-primitivist and
avant-garde artist, the founder of Rayonism. During his long life, Mikhail Larionov repeatedly
experimented with creative styles and trends - either he was fond of late impressionism,
depicting lilac bushes and bathers in his paintings, or he made simple sketches from soldier's
life or even put painting aside, temporarily turning into a set designer and choreographer of
Parisian theater productions . But he is best known for creating a new, revolutionary style for his
time. Larionov claimed that all objects, living and nonliving, emit light reflected from other
objects, and it was these rays that he tried to capture in his works. He was the first in Russia to
declare that it is possible not only to paint existing objects in a different way, but also to reflect
something non-existent in the pictures


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- In the 1970s G.Klutsis’ widow (Nina Kalugina) distributed works from the artist’s estate among The National Art Museum in Riga, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, as well as several heirs and private collectors.
- Acquired by Gera Kocen, Riga from above in 1970s;
- Acquired from above in 2010, Shchukin Collection, Tallinn, Estonia.


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- In 1970s G.Klutsis’ widow (Nina Kalugina) distributed works from the artist’s estate among The National Art Museum in Riga, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, as well as several heirs and private collectors.
- Acquired by Gera Kocen, Riga from above in 1970s.
- Acquired from above in 2010, Shchukin Collection, Tallinn, Estonia


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-Until 2012: part of collection in gallery “Euroart”, Moscow
-Purchased from above by Nikolay Shchukin Collection, Paris-Tallinn


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-Until 1968: kept in the house of Galina V. Kuibysheva -1968: Purchased from above by Vasily M. Shchukin -1978: Private Collection, Paris-Tallinn


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1990s to 2013: purchased by Alexander Udalovs, Riga, Latvia from an antiquity shop in Munich - 2013: Private Collection, Paris-Tallinn


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-Mme Moch, Paris, France -Private Collection Mr. Samuel Ph.,1996 -Private Collection, 2011, Paris - Tallinn


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- 1960s: acquired by Ivan Ivanovich Volodin (1911-2001), Ukranian famous collector of avant-garde art, from
Grekov’s art college archive of UNOVIS and UGOLEFF
- 1990s: acquired from by Valdislav Vassilievich Naumeko, Odessa, Ukraine
- 2004: Private Collection, Paris-Tallinn.


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- 1960s: acquired by Ivan Ivanovich Volodin (1911-2001), Ukranian famous collector of avant-garde art, from
Grekov’s art college archive of UNOVIS and UGOLEFF
- 1990s: acquired from by Valdislav Vassilievich Naumeko, Odessa, Ukraine
- 2004: Private Collection, Paris-Tallinn.


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- 1960s: acquired by Ivan Ivanovich Volodin (1911-2001), Ukranian famous collector of avant-garde art, from
Grekov’s art college archive of UNOVIS and UGOLEFF
- 1990s: acquired from by Valdislav Vassilievich Naumeko, Odessa, Ukraine
- 2004: Private Collection, Paris-Tallinn.


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Artist’s studio
Eliza Popovici-Stănescu, introduced to the artist by Traian Vuia, close friend of Brancusi
Inherited from above by Nicoara Popovici – Seceleanu
Mrs Lucia Brandl (Tomescu)
Inherited from above by son Dica (Nicolae) Brandl*
Transferred from Dica Brandl to George Manea.in 1988
Purchased in 1990 from above by Marc Baradel in April