Vladimir Ovtchinnikov

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (b. 1941) St. Sebastian signed in Cyrillic and dated 'V. Ovchinnikov 80.' (lower right);further signed, inscribed and dated in Russian 'V.Ovchinnikov/Saint Sebastian/68 x 91 cm./1980.' (on thereverse) oil on canvas 27 x 36 in. (68.6 x 91.5 cm.) PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION Provenance Alexander Glezer. Roman Tabakman Collection. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996.

* § OVCHINNIKOV, VLADIMIR B. 1941 Flying Island signed and dated 2003, also signed, titled and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas, 195 by 130 cm. Provenance : Private collection, USA. Exhibited : Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Mimi Fertz Gallery, USA, June 2004. Related Literature : Dodge, Norton T. and Rosenfeld, A., From Gulag to Glasnost: Non-conformist Art from the Soviet Union: The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection , Thames and Hudson in association with Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1995, pp. 27, 108 and 120.

76.5 by 63.5cm., 30 by 25in. DESCRIPTION signed in Cyrillic and dated 83 l.r.; further signed, titled anddated on reverse oil on canvas PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist CATALOGUE NOTE "All my life, I have been building cultural bridges between Eastand West" Although a journalist by profession, the Silesian born NorbertKuchinke (b.1940) is perhaps best know for his role as the DanishProfessor Hansen in the Classic Russian film, Autumn Marathon(1978). A talented Russian linguist, Kuchinke was passionate aboutRussia, and worked as the Moscow correspondent for Stern, one ofthe first Western magazines to be set up in Russia in the early1970s. Kuchinke is a religious person and deeply affected by thedestruction of churches and religious monuments by the SovietState. It was at this point that he turned his attention toactively supporting the Orthodox church. His dedication to thiscause has earned him a decoration from the State. He is the onlyWesterner to have received this Order.His involvement with contemporary Russian culture led him to meetthe leading artists of the Moscow underground, including LeonidPurygin. Purygin subsequently asked Kuchinke to become godfather tohis daughter, Dunya.

Estimé : 13 000 / 18 000 Traduire la description de ce lot '* §OVCHINNIKOV, VLADIMIR B. 1941 Gold and Black. Still Life signed and dated 1998, also signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 89 by 130 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Meeting signed and dated 1979, also signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated onthe reverse. Oil on canvas, 70 by 60 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the presentowner. Literature: Isaak Kushnir, Vladimir Ovchinnikov ,NP-Print, St. Petersburg, 2006, p. 49, No. 15illustrated.