Poster
ca. 1973 (made)
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A.D. Sokolov (1912 - ) is a Russian Soviet artist specialising in still life painting. The main motifs of his works are wildflowers, thorns and flowering tree branches - examples of which he always kept in his studio. The lyrical, romantic manner of the artist resulted from his unique working method, by which he created works not by looking at his preparatory sketches but by visualising the actual plants.
His motherland is the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Mordovkaya, one of the exhibition's organising bodies.
The poster probably was created for the 1973 touring exhibition of the artist's works that travelled to Leningrad, Saransk and finally to Yalta. The address in Yalta was added by hand in order to reduce the cost of printing a different set of posters for each venue. Yalta – the central city of Crimea – is the place where the artist spent his summers.
His motherland is the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Mordovkaya, one of the exhibition's organising bodies.
The poster probably was created for the 1973 touring exhibition of the artist's works that travelled to Leningrad, Saransk and finally to Yalta. The address in Yalta was added by hand in order to reduce the cost of printing a different set of posters for each venue. Yalta – the central city of Crimea – is the place where the artist spent his summers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster for an art exhibition - paintings by A.D. Sokolov. USSR. ca. 1973 |
| Physical description | Poster of an exhibition of works by A.D. Sokolov. The central image is a reproduction of one of Sokolov's paintings. It depicts a still life of flowering branches and thorns. The palette consists mainly of red, blue, white and black |
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | A.D. Sokolov (1912 - ) is a Russian Soviet artist specialising in still life painting. The main motifs of his works are wildflowers, thorns and flowering tree branches - examples of which he always kept in his studio. The lyrical, romantic manner of the artist resulted from his unique working method, by which he created works not by looking at his preparatory sketches but by visualising the actual plants. His motherland is the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Mordovkaya, one of the exhibition's organising bodies. The poster probably was created for the 1973 touring exhibition of the artist's works that travelled to Leningrad, Saransk and finally to Yalta. The address in Yalta was added by hand in order to reduce the cost of printing a different set of posters for each venue. Yalta – the central city of Crimea – is the place where the artist spent his summers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Musika tzvetov (The Music of Colours), Trofimov, V., Moscow, Sovetskii hudojnik, 1988, |
| Other number | LS.1413 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1749-2004 |
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| Record created | December 20, 2004 |
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