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Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)
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Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)

The portal

Details
Nikolai Kasatkin (b. 1932)
The portal
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'N. Kasatkin 2004', further signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and dated 'N. I. Kasatkin (DOB 1932, Moscow)/Portal 2004/("The footprints")/160 x 240' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 x 94½ in. (160 x 240 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Kasatkin. Traces, Moscow, 2007, p. [17].
Exhibited
Moscow, Pop/off/art, Traces. Continuation, 2007, no. [11].
Special notice
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. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Nikolai Kasatkin joined the circle of Moscow conceptualists and 'Sots Art' artists alongside Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vasiliev.

The series 'Traces' depicts ancient landscapes, in which the past activities of man have left traces in the form of ruins and old posts. I chose objects, which strictly define the spatial construction and dictate a fixed perception of space. This can be in the form of 'frames' or 'entrances' to the space of the painting, 'obstacles' which the viewer has to overcome.

Nikolai Kasatkin

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