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AUCTION 32: APRIL 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
Vitaly Komar (Russian, American, born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (Russian, American, born 1945) political color screenprint on paper, titled "The Wings Will Grow", 1999. Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Numbered 7 of 46 in pencil lower left. Framed. Provenance: Philips Auction, July 23, 2007, lot #182. Please refer to the original paper labels on the back. Komar and Melamid is a Soviet art group founded by artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid in 1972. The founders of such a trend as Sots Art (as opposed to the American pop art trend). The art group ceased to exist in 2003. Sots Art is one of the directions of postmodern art that developed in the USSR in the 1970s within the framework of the so-called alternative culture, as opposed to the state ideology of that period. Graphic art prints and collectibles. Provence: Phillips Gallery, New York.
Dimensions: 21 x 33 1/4 in., (53.5 x 84.5 cm.)
Condition: Very good, framed.
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