Lot 107: KRASNOPEVTSEV, DMITRY (1925-1995) Two Tied Jugs

KRASNOPEVTSEV, DMITRY (1925-1995) Two Tied Jugs, signed with an initial and dated 1971. Oil on cardboard, 48 by 47 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the father of the present owner.
Important private collection, France.

Exhibited: Dmitry Krasnopevtsev Solo Exhibition , Sviatoslav Richter’s flat, Moscow, 1975.

Two Tied Jugs by Dmitry Krasnopevtsev was exhibited in the famous solo exhibition by the artist in 1975, in the apartment of Sviatoslav Richter. Krasnopevtsev showed only his best works at the two exhibitions in Richter’s flat (the first one was held in 1962), which confirms the high opinion the artist himself had of this work.