Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov, (Russian Soviet, 1927 - 1998), oil on canvas painting, "Abadonna", 1989. Signed and dated on the lower right. Stamped on the verso.

Provenance: The Tabakman Collection, purchased from the Alexander Glezer Collection in 1992.

Note: Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov was a Russian Nonconformist painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator. Refers to unofficial Soviet art. In 1946 he was repressed for anti-Soviet propaganda. Rehabilitated in 1956. Belongs to the generation of the sixties. He worked for Goslitizdat and created illustrations for books by Goethe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, H. K. Andersen, the brothers Grimm, M. Maeterlinck, K. G. Paustovsky, J. Soderberg, T. Moore, J. Vrchlitsky and other writers. One of the largest and most authoritative representatives of the unofficial art of the 1950s to1980s.

31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in., (80 x 60 cm.)