43 - EDUARD STEINBERG (RUSSIAN 1937-2012)

EDUARD STEINBERG (RUSSIAN 1937-2012) Composition. Sky-Earth. November, 1988, oil on canvas 100 x 90 cm (39 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.) framed dimensions: 103 x 93 cm (40 1/2 x 36 5/8 in.) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE Khudozhestvennyi salon po eksportu (Art Salon for Export), Art Fund of the USSR (label verso, inv. no. 52268) Claude Bernard Gallery, Ltd., New York (label verso) Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (label verso) Acquired by the present owner from the above EXHIBITED New York, The Jewish Museum, “Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change, 1890-1990,” September 21, 1995 - January 28, 1996 (lent by Leonard Hutton Galleries) LITERATURE S. Tumarkin Goodman, ed., Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change, 1890-1990, exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New York, 1995, illustrated Keywords: Soviet Nonconformist Art, Russian Geometric Abstraction, Malevich Suprematism, Eduard Steinberg Composition, Jewish Museum, Leonard Hutton N.B. Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals LLC and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.