VASILY SHULZHENKO Paintings & Artwork for Sale | VASILY SHULZHENKO Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 29, 2024
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $8,500 - $9,500
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Fishing, 1987 oil on canvas 122 x 152 cm (48 x 60 in.) framed dimensions: 132 x 162 cm (52 x 63 3/4 in.) inscribed with the artist's name and title on verso
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Apr. 27, 2024
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Fishing, 1987 oil on canvas 122 x 152 cm (48 x 60 in.) framed dimensions: 132 x 162 cm (52 x 63 3/4 in.) inscribed with the artist's name and title on verso
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Apr. 27, 2024
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Alleyway, 1989 oil on canvas 122 x 157 cm (48 x 61 3/4 in.) framed dimensions: 137 x 167 cm (54 x 65 3/4 in.) inscribed with the artist's name, date and title on verso
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 07, 2024
Vasily Shulzhenko (Russian, b. 1949) Night at the Train Station, 1988
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Vasily Shulzhenko (Russian, b. 1949) Night at the Train Station, 1988 oil on canvas signed in Cyrillic and dated (lower right); signed, titled and dated (verso) 62 x 72 inches.
Hindman
Feb. 10, 2022
Vasily Shulzhenko (b. 1949) Hockey Players, 1999 Oil on canvas 59 x 78-1/2 inche
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Vasily Shulzhenko (b. 1949) Hockey Players, 1999 Oil on canvas 59 x 78-1/2 inches (149.9 x 199.4 cm) Signed lower right Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE: Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Private collection, Irvine, California. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jan. 26, 2019
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Moan, 1989 oil on linen 152 x 120 cm (59 7/8 x 47 1/4 in.) signed and dated lower right; signed and titled on verso EXHIBITED Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002 The exhibition traveled to: Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998 Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999 St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999 Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999 Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000 Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005 Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007 St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008 LITERATURE Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 288 (illustrated) (titled Suffer) LOT NOTES Although Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists' works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko's men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. Heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist knowingly adopts, comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
May. 24, 2018
VASILY SHULZHENKO (B. 1949) NAPOLEON AT THE ISLE OF ELBA, 1999 OIL ON CANVAS 28
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Vasily Shulzhenko (b. 1949) Napoleon at the Isle of Elba, 1999 Oil on canvas 28 x 35-1/2 inches (71.12 x 90.17 cm) Signed in Cyrillic lower right Signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated and inscribed on the reverse: 90 x 71 cm / 1999 PROVENANCE: Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 07, 2018
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Public Toilet, 1991/1999 oil on canvas 120 x 150 cm. (47 1/4 x 59 in.) signed lower right; signed, dated, and titled on verso Although Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists` works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko`s men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. While heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist frequently comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 07, 2018
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Aren't you dead, Ivan?!, 1992 oil on canvas 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 1/4 in.) signed lower right; signed, dated, and titled on verso Although Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists` works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko`s men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. While heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist frequently comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 18, 2017
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Hockey Players, 2000 oil on canvas 133.3 x 162.5 cm (52 1/2 x 64 in.) signed, dated, and titled on verso LOT NOTES Although Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists` works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko's men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. While heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist frequently comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives. Outfitted in handcrafted ice skates and wielding wooden hockey sticks, "The Hockey Players", faced red from the cold, are shown engrossed in a fierce match with a tin can in place of a puck. The painting is clearly informed by the works of Dutch and Flemish masters, such as the portraiture of Frans Hals, the landscapes of Aert van der Neer, and the genre paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and David Teniers. The exquisite treatment of paint, applied generously to create the illusion of textured ice, also lends itself to comparisons to the moonlit landscapes of Romantic Caspar David Friedrich and the Peredvizhnik painters Isaac Levitan and Ivan Shishkin.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 18, 2017
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) The Road, 1991 oil on canvas 132 x 168 cm (52 x 66 1/8 in.) signed and dated lower right; signed, dated, and titled on verso LOT NOTES Although Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists` works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko's men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. While heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist frequently comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives. "The Road" is one such example, drawing perhaps on the well-known 1871 "Hunters` Camp" painting by Russian Realist Vasily Perov or the works of Dutch and Flemish masters, such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder`s 1565 "The Harvesters", the genre paintings of David Teniers, and the portraits of Frans Hals. Here, the artist stages a group of men, drinking, within a vast, lush landscape. Seemingly unaware of the viewer, the subjects` communication to the audience and one another (in spite being grouped so tightly and so close to the edge of the picture frame) is convoluted: one man has fallen asleep, another is ready to gulp down the contents of an empty glass, a third is seen toasting to no one in particular. Existing independently of our amusement or judgement, the men will continue on their "Road".
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Nov. 30, 2016
SHULZHENKO, VASILY (B. 1949)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
SHULZHENKO, VASILY (B. 1949) Summer Dream, signed, also further signed and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 125.5 by 200 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 2004. Private collection, Germany.
MacDougall's
Apr. 16, 2016
Vasily Shulzhenko, (Russian, b. 1949), The Chicken, 1998, oil on canvas, 62.5” x 55”
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Vasily Shulzhenko (Russian, b. 1949) The Chicken, 1998 oil on canvas signed lower right 62.5' x 55' Provenance: Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 26, 2015
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) The Wood Goblin, 1990 oil on canvas 150 x 159 cm (59 x 62 5/8 in.) signed lower right; titled, dated and signed on verso PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Sep. 26, 2015
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Dragnet Fishing, 1990 oil on canvas 118 x 183 cm (46 1/2 x 72 in.) signed and dated lower right PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Sep. 26, 2015
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) The Street, 1989 oil on canvas 135 x 158 cm (53 x 62 1/4 in.) signed lower right; titled, dated and signed on verso PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Jun. 07, 2014
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949), 'Swimmers
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949), 'Swimmers #2', 1990, oil on canvas, 120 x 159.5 cm (47 1/4 x 62 3/4 in.) , signed in Cyrillic 'Vas. Shulzhenko' lower right; signed in Cyrillic, dated and titled on verso,
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Mar. 29, 2014
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949), 'The Flight',
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949), 'The Flight', 1994, oil on canvas, 179 x 160 cm. (70 1/2 x 59 in.), signed in Cyrillic lower right; signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated on verso , PROVENANCE: Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago,
Shapiro Auctions LLC
May. 18, 2013
VASILY SHULZHENKO RUSSIAN PAINTING PUBLIC TOILET
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN b. 1949), 'Public Toilet' 1991, oil on canvas, 119.4 x 149.2 cm. (47 x 58 3/4 in.), signed in Cyrillic 'Vas. Shulzhenko was here, 1991 yr.' lower right; stamped, inscribed, and dated in Cyrillic 'Vas. Shulzhenko, Public Toilet' 1991 yr.` upper right on verso PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. LOT NOTES: Based on Plavinsky's 1970s oil on canvas painting of a 'Dog Mummy'
Shapiro Auctions LLC
May. 18, 2013
VASILY SHULZHENKO RUSSIAN PAINTING CENTAUR
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN b. 1949), 'Riding the Centaur' 1994, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 152.4 cm. (60 x 60 in.), signed in Cyrillic 'Vas. Shulzhenko' lower right; inscribed, and dated in Cyrillic 'Vas. Shulzhenko, Riding the Centaur, 1994 yr.' upper right on verso; stamped on upper left and lower right on verso PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. LOT NOTES: Based on Plavinsky's 1970s oil on canvas painting of a 'Dog Mummy'
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