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.