Gouache by Eduard Steinberg.Estate of Giovanni and Dagmar Migliuolo, NYC.Giovanni Migliuolo was the former Italian Ambassador to the United Nations, USSR and Egypt.David Killen Gallery does not guarantee works of art for authorship.We remove paintings, watercolors and drawings out of NYC estates and they are sold as-is.Anyone unsure of the authenticity of any work of art sold in our auctions should consult an expert.(From Wiki)Steinberg was born in Moscow, the son of poet, translator and artist Arkady Steinberg.He had residences in Tarusa (Kaluga region) and Paris.His wife, Galina Iosifovna Manevich, is a Russian art critic, author and essayist.Steinberg began his career drawing live models and landscapes and later switched to "metaphysical still lifes".In the 1960–1980s Steinberg participated in the dissident movement in the USSR, which supported freedom of expression in arts and basic human rights.Steinberg became Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts. Taking from the hands of Zurab Tsereteli a medal on a red ribbon, Steinberg said:[2]My personal fate may seem difficult and even incomprehensible, but in fact it is the exact parallel with the fate of my country, which managed to emerge from the depths of captivity and isolation to the heights of cultural rebirth and universal acceptance.He also was Chevalier of the Order of Friendship (2008).Steinberg died at his home in Paris from pneumonia on 28 March 2012.Selected exhibitions1992 : «The Square» Museum Center (de), Josef-Albers-Museum in Bottrop, Germany1995 : Bochum Art Museum (de), Bochum, Germany1999 : Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen2000 : Wilhelm-Hack-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (de), Ludwigshafen2004 : State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg2005 : «Eduard Steinberg, Das Leben eines Dreiecks (Gouachen und Gemälde) 1970-2004», Galerie Sandmann, Berlin2005 : «Russia!» — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York2009 : Edik Steinberg at Gallery Claude Bernard, Paris (14 May - 27 June 2009). 17.5" x 16".

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