GRISHA BRUSKIN (RUSSIAN B. 1945)

GRISHA BRUSKIN (RUSSIAN B. 1945)

Joseph and Angel,
steel
sculpture: 101 x 59 cm (39 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.), base: 38 x 38 cm (15 x 15 in.)

EXHIBITED
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Masterpieces of 20th Century Russia, May 21, 2001
Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde,February 1998-April 2002
The exhibition traveled to:
Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998
Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999
St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999
Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999
Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000
Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005
Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007
St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008

LITERATURE
Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., pp. 166-167 (illustrated)

CONDITION
The sculpture appears in very good condition. No apparent issues visible to the naked eye. With no significant issues to report.

Kindly note, the auction is comprised of two sessions:
Session I: Russian and Asian Art, Antiques and Jewelry, lots 1-331
Session II: European, North and South American, and Ethnographic Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and Design, lots 500-827

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