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Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1941-2015)
Lot 145 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1941-2015)

Shuvalovo station

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 37,500

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Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1941-2015)
Shuvalovo station
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'V. Ovchinnikov 77' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
35 ¼ x 43 ¼ in. (89.6 x 100.9 cm.)
Painted in 1977

Collection of Alexander Glezer (1934-2016).
Collection of Roman Tabakman, New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 2007, lot 527.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Ovchinnikov's diary entries reveal that he painted the work from 29 November to 14 December 1977, expressing his joy at its completion with the exclamation "Praise be to you, Lord!" (Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Diary of an artist, St Petersburg, 2017, p. 92).