Lot 7: POPKOV, VIKTOR (1932-1974) Field Station

POPKOV, VIKTOR (1932-1974) Field Station, signed and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse. Pencil and gouache on paper, laid on canvas, 60.5 by 84 cm.
Executed in 1960.

Provenance: With the Art Fund of the USSR (label on the backing board).
Acquired directly from the artist’s family by the present owner.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Severity of Style , MacDougall’s, London, 1–14 May 2015.

Literature: Viktor Popkov, A Russian Painter of Genius , London, Unicorn Press, 2013, p. 129, illustrated and listed with incorrect size.