Untitled

Details

Yuri Annenkov (1890-1971)
Untitled
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1920' (lower right)
wood, paper collage, watercolour, pencil, and metal wire assemblage on board
12¼ x 10¼ in. (31.1 x 26.1 cm.)
Executed in 1920

Provenance

Annely Juda Fine Art, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1976.

Exhibited

London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Russian Pioneers at the Origins of Non-Objective Art, May - September 1976, no. 2 (illustrated p. 13).
Miami, The Lowe Art Museum, The Russian Avant-Garde and American Abstract Artists, March - April 1983, no. 2 (illustrated p. 2).
New York, Stux Gallery, Culture of Materials: The Russian Avant-Garde and Counter-Cubism, May - June 1991, no. 3 (illustrated).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Following on the heels of the Russian Revolution and the new social order ushered in as a result, Yuri Annenkov enthusiastically threw himself into the artistic and theatrical developments which were rapidly developing in and around the capital city.

Having begun working in collage format as early as 1915, the present work reflects the creative idiom of the intense transformative years in Russia. While it anticipates the complex innovations of Constructivism, the daring juxtaposition of wood, paper, watercolour and metal wire is deeply rooted in the avant-garde graphic design so pivotal to Annenkov's development.

More from Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper

View All