Leonid Borisov
Behind And In Front
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 6
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2018
Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 6
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Leonid Borisov
1943-2013
BEHIND AND IN FRONT
signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 'II 79' on the reverse
oil on canvas
In June 1976, Leonid Borisov was one of a clutch of artists who applied to the Leningrad authorities for permission to hold an open-air exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress. On receiving no response, they went ahead anyway and brought their paintings to the historic site, only to be met by militia and be packed into patrol cars to face interrogation by officials from the Ministry of Culture. The artists however, were successful in extracting
Borisov’s compositions are typically spare, clean, geometric-based designs. Three other works by Borisov from the Bar-Gera collection were sold at Sotheby’s in November 2016 and June 2017.
'Due to the cultural and historical circumstances of Russian life, an artist does not float downstream, but is paddling out by himself' writes Alexander Bobrovsky in his introduction to Borisov’s 1995 exhibition catalogue at the State Russian Museum. 'And he finds his resources not in the ready-made computer programs but in the "eye of a simple joiner"'.
oil on canvas Canvas: 25 1/2 by 19 1/2 in., 65 by 49.5cm
1943-2013
BEHIND AND IN FRONT
signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 'II 79' on the reverse
oil on canvas
In June 1976, Leonid Borisov was one of a clutch of artists who applied to the Leningrad authorities for permission to hold an open-air exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress. On receiving no response, they went ahead anyway and brought their paintings to the historic site, only to be met by militia and be packed into patrol cars to face interrogation by officials from the Ministry of Culture. The artists however, were successful in extracting
Borisov’s compositions are typically spare, clean, geometric-based designs. Three other works by Borisov from the Bar-Gera collection were sold at Sotheby’s in November 2016 and June 2017.
'Due to the cultural and historical circumstances of Russian life, an artist does not float downstream, but is paddling out by himself' writes Alexander Bobrovsky in his introduction to Borisov’s 1995 exhibition catalogue at the State Russian Museum. 'And he finds his resources not in the ready-made computer programs but in the "eye of a simple joiner"'.
oil on canvas Canvas: 25 1/2 by 19 1/2 in., 65 by 49.5cm
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
In October 2018 Sothebys in New York held the auction Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online, which included the work Behind And In Front by Leonid Borisov. The »bidding war« ended at USD 5,000.00 (€ 4,412.28), 67% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Leonid Borisov; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Black-White sold at auction in June 2013 with the realized price of GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,544.10).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Im Oktober 2018 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online durch, in der auch die Arbeit Behind And In Front von Leonid Borisov zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 5.000,00 (€ 4.412,28) und damit 67% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Leonid Borisov; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Black-White im Juni 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.544,10).
Leonid Borisov - Auction history
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