ALEKSANDER TOPORKOV (RUSSIAN 1896-1995)

Lot 185

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Lot Description

ALEKSANDER TOPORKOV (RUSSIAN 1896-1995)
Abstract Design, 1932
gouache and ink on paper
29.5 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
signed and dated lower right, ink drawing on verso

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist

LOT NOTES
Aleksander Toporkov was a Russian Soviet Avant-garde painter, graphic artist and designer. Toporkov graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry in 1918. After he studied in VKhUTEMAS from Aleksey Grishchenko, a Russian Avant-garde artist, futurist, painter and art critic. Toporkov was a member of "Tsvetodinamos". He participated in group exhibition of VKhUTEMAS professors with Aleksey Gritchenko (Color-Dynamics) and Alexander Shevchenko (Tectonic Primitivism) in 1919.

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