$125
1960s THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE lithograph largest: 71. 6 x 55 (28 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.), smallest: 58.5 x 47 cm (23 x 18 1/2 in.) each signed in pencil LOT NOTES: Famous as a Soviet illustrator, Vera Feodorovna Matiukh was born in Berlin, Germany in 1910, before moving to the USSR in 1923. From 1926 to 1930 she studied at the Kharkov Fine Arts Institute (now the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts). In 1931 she moved to Leningrad, where she continued her artistic career, working alongside such artists as Anatoly Kaplan. In 1960 she met the owner of London`s Grosvenor Gallery, Eric Estorick, who acquired about 200 graphic works by Russia`s leading artists, including those of Matiukh. Vera Matiukh works are a part of numerous esteemed museum collections, including the State Russian Museum and the Tretyakov State Gallery. PROVENANCE: Grosvenor Gallery, London
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2014-06-07
