Live Auction 5131Russian Icons and Pictures Including works by Non-Conformist Artists
Petr Borisovich Krokhonyatkin (b. 1929)
Lot 1178

Petr Borisovich Krokhonyatkin (b. 1929)

A male nude from the side; and A male nude from the back

Closed29 November 2007

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GBP 625

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Petr Borisovich Krokhonyatkin (b. 1929)
A male nude from the side; and A male nude from the back
signed in Cyrillic 'Krokhonyatkin P.B.' (upper left); the latter signed in Cyrillic 'Krokhonyatkin' and dated '1949' (lower right), also initialled in Cyrillic 'M F' (lower left)
pencil on paper
26½ x 15./14 in. (67.4 x 38.7 cm.); and 23 3/8 x 16½ in. (59.5 x 42 cm.)
two in the lot (2)

Specialist note

Petr Borisovich Krokhonyatkin was born near Kastroma in 1929. He graduated from the Yaroslavl Art School in 1949 and from the Surikov Art Academy in the studio of F.P.Reshetnikov and V.G.Tseplakov in 1956. Krokhonyatkin has been a member of the Union of Artists since the mid-1950s. His works have been exhibited throughout Russia; one of the most significant exhibition includes 'All-Union Art Exhibition' which took place in Moscow 1965.