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AUCTION 32: APRIL 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
Ilya Kabakov (Russian Soviet, American, born 1933), autolithography "Artist! Why didn’t you paint my beautiful backside?", 2011. Signed in Cyrillic, numbered 220/250. Framed.
Ilya Kabakov is known as a conceptual artist and illustrator. Beginning his career as a children’s book illustrator in the Soviet Union, Ilya Kabakov became an internationally famous installation sculptor of the 20th century. He graduated from Surikov Art Academy in Moscow and then had a successful career as an illustrator. He became a member of the informally organized group called the Moscow Conceptualists, and some of his work is a commentary on the Soviet regime. In 1980 he was discovered by art enthusiasts of Europe and the United States, and in 1988, he had his first New York debut, which was held at the Ronald Feldman gallery. He did a huge installation called Ten Characters, which were spaces occupied by various personality types, some of them from Kabakov’s life.
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 11/16 in., (27 x 19.5 cm.)
Condition: Excellent.
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