Nicolas the Second

細節

Timur Novikov (1958-2000)
Nicolas the Second
print and embroidery on velvet
59 x 43¼ in. (150 x 110 cm.)
Executed in 1997

來源

Acquired from the artist's widow by the present owner.

出版

K. Novikova, M. Savelieva, Timur Novikov, Moscow, [2003], no. 439, p. 407, illustrated.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品專文

Margarita Tupitsina:
I want to ask you, why you use fabric in your works?

Timur Novikov:
For purely utilitarian purposes. Everything comes from Larionov... Larionov drew a lot from folk art. As everyone knows, in folk art, painting on canvas is not sufficient. Folk art, on the whole, is textiles...I make pictures which are at one time a curtain, a screen and a very serious artwork. It can be both a table cloth and the most sophisticated form of art.

Margarita and Victor Tupitsin.
Discussion with Timur and Afrika, Leningrad, 1989.