Lot 289: Alexei Sundukov , Russian b.1952 Nightmare, 1990 oil on canvas

signed with artist's initials in Cyrillic and dated 90 (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic, dated 1990 , and labeled for exhibition (on the reverse) oil on canvas

measurements 48 by 36 in. alternate measurements 122 by 91.5 cm

Roslyn, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, 20th Century Russian Art, 1992

Constance Schwartz, 20υth Century Russian Art: The Avant-Garde Years; The Glasnost Years, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1992, p. 71, illustrated

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

PROPERTY FROM THE ZIGZAG CORPORATE COLLECTION
Having graduated from the Moscow Institute of Art and Industry (formerly the Stroganov Institute) in 1982, Aleksei Sundukov joined the Union of Artists in 1986. He achieved fame after the Seventh Youth Exhibit in Moscow in 1988, where his paintings attracted the attention of critics and the press.