$60,000
acrylic on canvas 147. 3 x 177.8 cm (58 x 70 in.) signed, titled and dated on verso PROVENANCEEduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New YorkPrivate Collection, U.S.A. (bought from the above)EXHIBITEDNew York, Eduard Nakhamin Fine Arts, Alexander Kosolapov: New Work, March 10-31, 1990Tampa, University of South Florida Art Museum, Transpositions, September 23 - October 19, 1991LITERATUREAlexander Kosolapov: New Work, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, 1990 (illustrated pgs. 22-23 and 32-33)Transpositions, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, 1991 (illustrated p.12)Fig.1 - Photograph of Kosolapov signing Lot 134 for its original owner (click image to enlarge):Fig.2 - Verso of Lot 134 (click image to enlarge):Fig.3 - Postcard from Transpositions showing Kosolapov and the other artists in the exhibition (click image to enlarge):Fig.4 - Illustration of Lot 134 in the Transpositions exhibition catalogue (click image to enlarge):Fig.5 - Cover of Alexander Kosolapov: New Work (click image to enlarge):Fig.6 - Page 23 of Alexander Kosolapov: New Work showing Lot 134 partial detail [half of double-page spread] and artist CV (click image to enlarge):Fig.7 - Exhibition Checklist of Alexander Kosolapov: New Work with Lot 134 halfway down on left (click image to enlarge):A seminal work by Kosolapov, Molotov Cocktail has become an iconic image of the Sots Art movement.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2009-11-22
