Lot 149: Maxim Kantor (b. 1957)

Maxim Kantor (b. 1957)
Fight
signed in Cyrillic 'Maksim Kantor' (on the reverse); inscribed in Russian 'Fight' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
47¼ x 47¼ in. (120 x 120 cm.)

Moscow, Institute of Philosophy, 1984.
Milan, Studio Marconi, Artisti sovietici contemporanei, 26 April-15 June 1988, no. 21.
Bochum, Bochum Museum, Maxim Kantor: Retrospektive, 15 February-26 April 1992. Frankfurt, Shirn Kunsthalle, Maxim Kantor. Etchings and Oils, 1995.

Exhibition catalogue, Artisti sovietici contemporanei, Milan, Studio Marconi, 1988, listed p. 68 as Rissa, no. 21, illustrated p. 69.
Exhibition catalogue, Maxim Kantor: Retrospektive, Bochum, Bochum Museum, 1992.
Lord Gowrie et al., Maxim Kantor: Peintures 1982-1994, Cologne, 1995, no. 38, illustrated p. 161 as Combat.
H. Seemann et al., Maxim Kantor: Tableaux et Eaux-Fortes, Luxembourg, 1999, no. 13, illustrated p. 45 as La Lutte.
M. Kantor et al., One is enough, Moscow, no. 10., illustrated p. 65.

Acquired from Studio Marconi in Milan in 1988 by the present owner.

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This work is a fine early example of Kantor's mature style. The artist's work are held in the collections of numerous institutions including the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, the British Museum, London and the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.