LOT 179
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GEORGIY ZIMIN (RUSSIAN 1901-1985)
Fatima, Sudan
1920-1930
photograph
23 x 28 cm (9 1/8 x 11 in.)
inscribed Fatima Sudan lower right on the front of the mat
PROVENANCE
Acquired from the estate of the artist.
LOT NOTES
Grigory Zimin was a well-known Soviet graphic artist and photographer. Grigory studied in VKhUTEMAS, the famous school of Russian Avant-garde under Korolev and Lavinsky.
LOT NOTES
Georgiy Zimin was a well-known Russian painter and photographer who worked in Moscow for his entire life. After graduating from VKhUTEMAS in 1920, he showed regularly at exhibitions curated by the Russian Art of Movement group. In the late 1920s, he experimented with photograms, comparable to those made by his contemporary, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
photograph
23 x 28 cm (9 1/8 x 11 in.)
inscribed Fatima Sudan lower right on the front of the mat
PROVENANCE
Acquired from the estate of the artist.
LOT NOTES
Grigory Zimin was a well-known Soviet graphic artist and photographer. Grigory studied in VKhUTEMAS, the famous school of Russian Avant-garde under Korolev and Lavinsky.
LOT NOTES
Georgiy Zimin was a well-known Russian painter and photographer who worked in Moscow for his entire life. After graduating from VKhUTEMAS in 1920, he showed regularly at exhibitions curated by the Russian Art of Movement group. In the late 1920s, he experimented with photograms, comparable to those made by his contemporary, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
Estimate: $500 – $700
Result: $343.75 (including premium)