Pastel and colour pencils on paper painting "Metaphysical Bust," 1993, by Mikhail Chemiakin. Signed in the Cyrillic and dated lower left. Matted and framed.Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin, (Russian, Soviet, American, born 1943) is a painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg. Together with the philosopher Vladimir Ivanov, he created the theory of metaphysical synthesis, dedicated to the search for new forms of icon painting based on the study of the religious art of different eras and peoples. In 2000, he established the Imaginary Museum in Hudson, New York, which hosts exhibitions on the subject of the artist's research.

Dimensions: 44 1/2 x 30 5/16 in., (113 x 77 cm.)