Lot 222: Valentina Kropivnitskaya , Russian b.1924 A Pair of Drawings (The Bonfire and Amurustnik), 1976-77 pencil on paper

one signed with artist's initials in Cyrillic and dated 77 (lower right); also signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1977 (on the reverse); the other signed with artist's intials in Cyrillic and dated 76 (lower right); also signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1976 (on the reverse) pencil on paper

measurements average size: 18 by 25 in. alternate measurements 46 by 64 cm

Aleksandr Glezer and Genrikh Sapgir, Lianozovskaia Gruppa: Istoki i Sud'ba, sbornik materialov i katalog k vystavke v Gosydarstvennoi Tretyakovskoi Galeree, Moscow, 1988, p. 70, one of the pair illustrated

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A very similar version of the drawing Amurustnik (bush) may be found in the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection at Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University.