VLADIMIR YAKOLEV, mixed media on paper, signed.
Still life with cup and apple. 54 x 42 cm.
Not examined out of frame.
Acquired directly from the artist in Moscow c. 1973.
Stig Fredrikson collection.
Vladimir Igorevich Yakolev (1934–1998) is one of the representatives of "underground" art. In the late fifties he joined a group of Moscow nonconformists. He mainly painted in gouache on paper or hardboard, preferring constrained, cool tones. His portraits, still-lives, and well-known "flowers" provoke a sense of deep lonely existence in the picturesque space, the concealed energy of resistance. (Leonid Shishkin Gallery)