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Kesha Proskuriakov Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1901 - d. 1960

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Feb. 11, 2017
A GROUP OF THREE COLOR LINOCUTS BY KE-SHA, CIRCA 1920S
Est: $300 - $400
PROSKURIAKOV, INNOKENTY PAVLOVICH OR KE-SHA (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), Despair, circa 1920s, three linocuts in different colors, 12.5 x 16 cm (5 x 6 1/4 in) each. PROVENANCE INFORMATION The current lot comes from the collection of the esteemed collector and art critic Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. Kholodkov acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout the decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 exhibition Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American istitutions. His unique selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Feb. 11, 2017
A DESIGN FOR THE PUBLISHING HOUSE COMMUNIST BY PROSKURIAKOV, CIRCA 1920S
Est: $200 - $300
PROSKURIAKOV, INNOKENTY PAVLOVICH OR KE-SHA (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), Communist, circa 1920s, ink, whitewash and pencil on paper laid on board, 18 x 18 cm (7 x 7 in), signed on verso. PROVENANCE INFORMATION The current lot comes from the collection of the esteemed collector and art critic Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. Kholodkov acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout the decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 exhibition Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American istitutions. His unique selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Feb. 11, 2017
A RUSSIAN INK DRAWING BY PROSKURIAKOV, 1929
Est: $300 - $400
PROSKURIAKOV, INNOKENTY PAVLOVICH OR KE-SHA (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), Art Brings People Together, 1929, ink on thin paper laid in paper jacket, 23.5 x 22 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in), signed, dated and titled lower right (paper jacket). PROVENANCE INFORMATION The current lot comes from the collection of the esteemed collector and art critic Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. Kholodkov acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout the decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 exhibition Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American istitutions. His unique selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Aug. 20, 2016
A RUSSIAN DRAWING OF A MOTHER AND CHILD BY PROSKURIAKOV, CIRCA 1930S
Est: $100 - $150
KESHA PROSKURIAKOV (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), A Woman with a Child, 1930s, ink on paper, 9 3/4 x 10 in (25 x 25.5 cm) PROVENANCE Artist`s estate LOT NOTES KE-SHA or Innokenty Pavlovich Proskuriakov (1901 Krasnoyarsk - 1960 Moscow) was a Soviet (Russian and Ukrainian) graphic artist, cartoonist. Proskuriakov lived in Ukraine (Kharkov), then in Moscow. He studied from prominent Ukrainian Avant-garde artists Vasyl` Ermilov and Ivan Padalka. Made many posters, caricatures, book illustrations. KE-SHA exhibited in 1929 (Kharkov, Erevan) with Ermilov, Benois, Grigoriev, Dobuzhinsky, Lebedev, Puni (Pougny), Favorsky, Chekhonin; in 1932 (Moscow) with Deineka, Klutsis, Moor, Stenberg, Cheremnykh
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Aug. 20, 2016
A RUSSIAN GRAPHIC DRAWING BY KE-SHA, CIRCA 1920S
Est: $100 - $200
KESHA PROSKURIAKOV (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), The Drunk Husband , circa 1920s, gouache on paper laid on thick paper, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14.7 x 11 cm) PROVENANCE Artist`s estate
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Aug. 20, 2016
A RUSSIAN GRAPHIC LINOCUT BY KE-SHA, CIRCA 1920S
Est: $100 - $200
KESHA PROSKURIAKOV (RUSSIAN 1901-1960), Women with a Yoke, 1920, linocut l/d on paper, 5 x 7 1/4 in (13 x 18 cm) PROVENANCE From the artist`s widow and Ukrainian (Kharkov) artist Elena Proskuriakova. With her certificate on the verso of the work.
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