$256
1932 THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE gouache and ink on paper 29. 5 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) signed and dated lower right, ink drawing on verso PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist LOT NOTES Aleksander Toporkov was a Russian Soviet Avant-garde painter, graphic artist and designer. Toporkov graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry in 1918. After he studied in VKhUTEMAS from Aleksey Grishchenko, a Russian Avant-garde artist, futurist, painter and art critic. Toporkov was a member of "Tsvetodinamos". He participated in group exhibition of VKhUTEMAS professors with Aleksey Gritchenko ( Color-Dynamics ) and Alexander Shevchenko ( Tectonic Primitivism ) in 1919.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2016-09-17