Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue for the exhibition Maxim Kantor: Family vs Empire, opening on 24 September 2016 at the National Museum in Gdańsk.
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Map of Europe
Details
Maxim Kantor (b. 1957)
Map of Europe
signed in Cyrillic 'Maksim' (lower right); signed, further signed in Cyrillic, signed with initial, inscribed with title, further inscribed in Russian with title and dated 'Maksim Kantor/1990/Maxim/M' and with inscription in Russian by Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) 'Hold on/Maksiara/Slava' (on the reverse)
oil and mixed media on canvas, laid down on board
61 1/8 x 76 5/8 in. (155.5 x 194.5 cm.)
Map of Europe
signed in Cyrillic 'Maksim' (lower right); signed, further signed in Cyrillic, signed with initial, inscribed with title, further inscribed in Russian with title and dated 'Maksim Kantor/1990/Maxim/M' and with inscription in Russian by Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) 'Hold on/Maksiara/Slava' (on the reverse)
oil and mixed media on canvas, laid down on board
61 1/8 x 76 5/8 in. (155.5 x 194.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Maxim Kantor. Retrospektive, Bochum, 1992, listed and illustrated no. 78.
Exhibition catalogue, V. Hösle et al., Maxim Kantor. Paintings 1982-1994, Cologne, 1995, illustrated p. 172, no. 72.
C. Benincasa, ‘Uno penture dell’eterno. Maxim Kantor’, Cahiers d’Art, 1997, illustrated p. 12
Exhibition catalogue, V. Hösle et al., Maxim Kantor. Paintings 1982-1994, Cologne, 1995, illustrated p. 172, no. 72.
C. Benincasa, ‘Uno penture dell’eterno. Maxim Kantor’, Cahiers d’Art, 1997, illustrated p. 12
Exhibited
Luxembourg, Tutesall, Maxim Kantor. Paintings 1982-1994, 25 February 1995-27 October 1996, no. 72 (travelling exhibition visiting Germany’s State Kunsthalle, Berlin, Finland’s Pori Art Museum, Denmark’s Herning Museum, Switzerland’s Musee de Pully and Russia’s State Pushkin Museum, Moscow).
Tutesall, Luxembourg and elsewhere, Maxim Kantor. Paintings 1982-1994, 25 February 1995-27 October 1996.
Venice, The Russian Pavilion at the XLVII Biennale, Maxim Kantor. Criminal chronicle, 15 June-9 November 1997.
Tutesall, Luxembourg and elsewhere, Maxim Kantor. Paintings 1982-1994, 25 February 1995-27 October 1996.
Venice, The Russian Pavilion at the XLVII Biennale, Maxim Kantor. Criminal chronicle, 15 June-9 November 1997.
Special notice
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