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Mikhail Chemiakin (b. 1943)
Lot 113

Mikhail Chemiakin (b. 1943)

Two illustrations for The Beasts of St Anthony: Snakes; and A monkey

Closed2 June 2014

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GBP 6,250

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Mikhail Chemiakin (b. 1943)
Two illustrations for The Beasts of St Anthony: Snakes; and A monkey
the first signed, inscribed in Russian with title and dated ‘M. Chemiakine. 89.’ (lower left), further inscribed in Russian with poem by Dmitry Bobyshev (upper left)';
the second signed, inscribed in Russian with title, further inscribed in Russian with poem by Dmitry Bobyshev and dated ‘M. Chemiakine. 89.’ (lower left)
ink and watercolour on paper
11 x 8½ in. (28 x 21.5 cm.)
(2)Executed in 1989

Acquired by the present owner from Galerie Charpentier, Paris.

Specialist note

Published in New York in 1989, The Beasts of St Anthony was the fruit of creative collaboration between Mikhail Chemiakin and the contemporary Russian émigré poet, Dmitry Bobyshev (b. 1936). After studying at the Leningrad State Institute of Technology, Bobyshev began to write poetry, provoking Anna Akhmatova to dedicate her poem, The Fifth Rose to him in recognition of his talent.