SOREN ARUTYUNYAN (RUSSIAN B1950), "Long Jump," 1979, oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in. (120 x 90 cm.), signed and dated lower right. Soren Arutyunyan was born in 1950 in Moscow and studied painting at the Stroganovskoe Art School in Moscow and the Art Students League in New York. He lives and works since 1998 in Santa Catarina, Algarve, Portugal. Soren Arutyunyan's solo exhibitions include: 1978 - Gallery Bengtson, Stockholm, Sweden; Gallery Biggy, Stavanger, Noway; Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway; 1979 - Kunsterforbundet, Oslo, Norway; Gallery Pan, Linkoping, Switzerland; Gallery BiZ, Kristiansand, Norway; 1980 -Gallery Bengtson, Stockholm, Sweden; 1990 -Subal Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan; 1991 -Galeria Moira, Lisbon, Portugal; Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City, USA; 1992 - Galeria Moira, Lisbon, Portugal; 1993 -Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City, USA; 1994 -Galeria Moira, Lisbon, Portugal; National Art Gallery, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 1995 -Primart Gallery, Capetown, South Africa; Sandro Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe; G -Galeria Internacional de Arte, Almancil, Portugal; 1996 - Galeria Moira, Lisbon, Portugal; Arte Mis, Galeria de Arte, Faro, Portugal; Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York City, USA; 1997 - Galeria Efemera, Santa Catarina, Portugal; 1998 -Centro Cultural Sao Lourenco, Almancil, Portugal; Galeria Praca do Mar, Quarteira, Portugal; 1999 -Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Norway; 2000 -BRF Gallery, Eupen, Belgium; Convento Espirito Santo, Loule, Portugal; 2002 - Galeria Formarte, Estoril, Portugal; 2003 - Galeria Formarte, Estoril, Portugal; Galeria de Arte Vale do Lobo, Almancil, Portugal; Galeria da Restauracao, Olhao, Portugal; 2004 -Centro Cultural Sao Lourenco, Almancil, Portugal. ---------- Please note: 1) Ebay allows you to bid live in real time on this item or leave an absentee bid. If you are placing an absentee bid via ebay, you should make sure to check the bidding history of the lot on which you are bidding up until several hours to the sale. If your bidder id is not at the top of the list, your absentee bid has been outbid by another bidder. Ebay will disable the absentee bidding for this item approximately one or two hours before the start of the Auction. After that you can still watch and bid during the live auction. 2) Ebay starting and ending times for this auction DO NOT represent the actual time this lot will appear live and be available for bidding. This auction starts at Lot 1 at 12:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Saturday, October 20, 2007, and we usually go about 50-60 lots an hour, so please plan accordingly. 3) Please also make sure to read the shipment and payment information below. Thank you.

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