Violin in the city

Details

Oskar Rabin (b. 1928)
Violin in the city
signed and dated 'O. Rabine 78' (lower right) and inscribed in Russian '1000 Violin in the city' (on the reverse)
black and coloured chalks, coloured pencils and gouache on paper
15 x 21 1/8 in. (38 x 53.5 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in the late 1980s.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

In classical painting, the worth of an object is established though its pictorial embodiment. In Rabin's work, the artist tries to find a forgotten beauty in objects that are broken or 'tired of life'.

M. Herman, Oscar Rabin, Paris, 1992.

Violin in the city

Lot Essay

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