LEONID SOKOV (RUSSIAN-AMERICAN 1941-2018)

LEONID SOKOV (RUSSIAN-AMERICAN 1941-2018)
Stalin and The Bear,
oil and gold leaf on canvas
91.4cm x 121.9 cm (36 x 48 in.)

signed lower left

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by husband of the present owner
thence by descent

Keywords: Leonid Sokov Painting, Sots Art, Soviet Nonconformist Art, Stalin Painting, Russian Bear, Russian Pop Art

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