Boris Orlov
Sailor And Girl
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 2
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2018
Escape Artists: The Non-Conformists Online, Lot 2
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Boris Orlov
B.1941
SAILOR AND GIRL
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1976' l.r.
mixed media on paper
'Sots Art' was the Soviet response to Pop Art, ‘with the difference being that the Sots artists reflected in their work not the avalanche of images endlessly reproduced in consumerist society, but the highly hierarchical ritual imagery enforced on its citizens by the ideological state’ (K.Akinsha quoted in 'Moscow Conceptualism in Context', 2011). Orlov was a foremost proponent of this movement. He trained as a sculptor under the famous Sov
'The subject of Soviet state power was forbidden to critique: by portraying its top echelon I crossed out my official career as an artist forever' the artist recalled in an interview. He did not however, emigrate. He currently lives in Moscow and was a finalist for the Kandinsky Prize in 2008.
mixed media on paper
Sheet: 12 by 16 3/4 in., 30.5 by 42.5cm Framed: 16 3/4 by 21 1/2 in., 42.5 by 54.5cm
B.1941
SAILOR AND GIRL
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1976' l.r.
mixed media on paper
'Sots Art' was the Soviet response to Pop Art, ‘with the difference being that the Sots artists reflected in their work not the avalanche of images endlessly reproduced in consumerist society, but the highly hierarchical ritual imagery enforced on its citizens by the ideological state’ (K.Akinsha quoted in 'Moscow Conceptualism in Context', 2011). Orlov was a foremost proponent of this movement. He trained as a sculptor under the famous Sov
'The subject of Soviet state power was forbidden to critique: by portraying its top echelon I crossed out my official career as an artist forever' the artist recalled in an interview. He did not however, emigrate. He currently lives in Moscow and was a finalist for the Kandinsky Prize in 2008.
mixed media on paper
Sheet: 12 by 16 3/4 in., 30.5 by 42.5cm Framed: 16 3/4 by 21 1/2 in., 42.5 by 54.5cm
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Sailor And Girl by Boris Orlov was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 3,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 11,250.00 (€ 9,927.64). Admittedly, works by Boris Orlov have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work General in October 2019 with an auction result of USD 100,000.00 (€ 89,645.90).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Sailor And Girl von Boris Orlov im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 3.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 11.250,00 (€ 9.927,64) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Boris Orlov auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit General im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 100.000,00 (€ 89.645,90).
Boris Orlov - Auction history
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