VLADIMIR IGOREVICH YAKOVLEV, gouache, signed and dated 1973.
Still life with flower in a glass. 58.5 cm x 41 cm.
Not examined out of frame.
Acquired directly from the artist in Moscow 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)