Lot 144
144
Alexsei Valerervich Artemev (Russian, 1934)
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Alexsei Valerervich Artemev (Russian, 1934)

'Russe', depicting Sergei Yesenin and death coming, with his scythe

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Alexsei Valerervich Artemev (Russian, 1934)
'Russe', depicting Sergei Yesenin and death coming, with his scythe
inscribed in cyrillic (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
49 x 61 in. (124.5 x 155 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This painting is part of a cycle of paintings entitled 'Russe'. Yesenin (b.1895) was a Russian poet. An early supporter of the October Revolution, he was later famous for his criticism of the Bolshevik government through poems such as 'The Stern October Has Deceived Me'.

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