Live Auction 7684Russian Pictures Including Post-War and Contemporary Art Part II
Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)
Lot 458

Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)

The portal

Closed26 November 2008

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GBP 16,250

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Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)
The portal
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'N. Kasatkin 2004', further signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and dated 'N. I. Kasatkin (DOB 1932, Moscow)/Portal 2004/("The footprints")/160 x 240' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 x 94½ in. (160 x 240 cm.)

Acquired from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

Nikolai Kasatkin joined the circle of Moscow conceptualists and 'Sots Art' artists alongside Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vasiliev.

The series 'Traces' depicts ancient landscapes, in which the past activities of man have left traces in the form of ruins and old posts. I chose objects, which strictly define the spatial construction and dictate a fixed perception of space. This can be in the form of 'frames' or 'entrances' to the space of the painting, 'obstacles' which the viewer has to overcome.

Nikolai Kasatkin