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Oleg Vassiliev — Erik Bulatov By The Campfire
Oleg Vassiliev

Erik Bulatov By The Campfire

A intimate portrait rendered in colored pencil captures the Russian conceptual artist Erik Bulatov illuminated by the warm, flickering glow of a campfire. Vassiliev employs the delicate, layered strokes characteristic of the medium to convey the interplay of light and shadow across the figure, creating a sense of quiet contemplation in an outdoor setting. The work reflects the deep personal and artistic bonds shared within Moscow's unofficial art circles of the Soviet era.

Medium
colored pencil on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

Escape Artists 2.0: The Non-Conformists Online

September 26, 2019

Estimate: $4,000$6,000

Lot 13

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Oleg Vassiliev, Erik Bulatov By The Campfire

A intimate portrait rendered in colored pencil captures the Russian conceptual artist Erik Bulatov illuminated by the warm, flickering glow of a campfire. Vassiliev employs the delicate, layered strokes characteristic of the medium to convey the interplay of light and shadow across the figure, creating a sense of quiet contemplation in an outdoor setting. The work reflects the deep personal and artistic bonds shared within Moscow's unofficial art circles of the Soviet era.

Medium
colored pencil on paper
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Intimate, Colored Pencil on Paper, Portrait, Warm Tones, Figurative, Contemporary, Russian

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