Lot 233: AREFIEV, ALEXANDER (1931-1978), Venus

AREFIEV, ALEXANDER (1931-1978), Venus, Oil on canvas, 35.5 by 86 cm. Executed c. 1970.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Natalia Zhilina, Arefiev’s friend and a Nonconformist artist, Leningrad.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in St Petersburg in 2001.
Private collection, The Netherlands.

Literature: Arefjev’s Circle , St Petersburg, P.R.P, 2002, p. 133, No. 143, illustrated; p. 495, listed.