20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN SCHOOL
BIM-BOM BIZIAEV MUSICAL ECCENTRIC
£2,400
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 25 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
published by Glavlit, edition 1/1000, colour lithograph
Dimensions
108cm x 72cm (42.5in x 28.25in) and a further lithograph by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gal’bershtadt 'The Road is Broader without God,' 1975 (2)
Footnote
Provenance: Russian Works of Art from the Collection of The Late Jan Bethge Esq.
Note: Bim's real name was Ivan Semenovich Radunskii (1872-1955). A clown and eccentric musician who worked with various partners during his career, he was particularly popular during the Soviet period.