Lot 308: * KOMAR, VITALY and MELAMID, ALEXANDER (B.1943 and B. 1945) A Knock at the Door, from Nostalgic Socialist Realism series

* KOMAR, VITALY and MELAMID, ALEXANDER (B.1943 and B. 1945) A Knock at the Door, from Nostalgic Socialist Realism series , indistinctly signed, also further signed, titled and dated 1982-83 on the reverse. Tempera and oil on canvas, 183 by 119.5 cm.
Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist V. Komar.


Exhibited: Business as Usual, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, January-February 1984.


Literature: C. Ratcliff, Komar & Melamid , New York, Abbeville Press, 1988, p. 141, pl. 131,illustrated.