Valery Koshlyakov - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    London, Saatchi Gallery, Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union, 21 November - 9 June 2013

  • Literature

    Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union, VK04, published by the Saatchi Gallery, 2012

  • Catalogue Essay

    The grand subject and gestural painting accentuates the kitsch factor in the present lot. This could be a slightly psychotic version of the common hack-painted tourist souvenir. High-rise on Raushskaya Embankment, evocative of an avant-garde architectural masterpiece, contrasts with the monumentality of its subject by being painted with tempera on cardboard.

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High-rise on Raushskaya Embankment

2006
tempera on cardboard
285 x 280 cm (112 1/4 x 110 1/4 in.)

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ♠†

Sold for £20,000

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Day Sale

+44 207 318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 16 October 2014 2pm