Sale 7552
London, South Kensington
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11 April 1997
Price realised
GBP 104
Estimate
Ivan Stepanovich Metalnikov (b.1929) Workers at the Steel Factory signed in cyrillic, oil on board 7 x 5½in. (17.7 x 14cm.) Painted in 1953
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In 1954 he left the Vladimir Art School to study at the Kharkov Art Academy where he graduated in 1962. He was Professor of Art at the Kharkov Art Academy in the 1960's and has been a Member of the Union of Artists since 1967.
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