Live Auction 7684Russian Pictures Including Post-War and Contemporary Art Part II
Oskar Rabin (b. 1928)
Lot 453

Oskar Rabin (b. 1928)

Violin in the city

Closed26 November 2008

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GBP 16,250

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Oskar Rabin (b. 1928)
Violin in the city
signed and dated 'O. Rabine 78' (lower right) and inscribed in Russian '1000 Violin in the city' (on the reverse)
black and coloured chalks, coloured pencils and gouache on paper
15 x 21 1/8 in. (38 x 53.5 cm.)

Acquired by the present owner in the late 1980s.

Specialist note

In classical painting, the worth of an object is established though its pictorial embodiment. In Rabin's work, the artist tries to find a forgotten beauty in objects that are broken or 'tired of life'.

M. Herman, Oscar Rabin, Paris, 1992.