Nikolay "Kuk" Manuylov Surrealist Ink Portrait, 2001

Item Details

Nikolay Manuylov “Kuk” (Russian, born 1934)
Прорву вам поровну (I will break you equally), 2001
Pen and ink on paper
Signed and dated to lower right
Inscribed to verso with poem

Both a painter and sculptor, Moscow-born artist Nickolay Manuylov, also known as ‘Kuk,’ began his career as a non-conforming underground artist in the midst of Stalin’s USSR. Following Stalin’s death, he and his late wife Ludiya Kirllova among other artists, no longer faced jail for creating art, although vanues still prevented them from exhibiting their work. During the Russian invasion of Crimea, Ukraine, Kuk emigrated to the United States and has been exhibiting his work in museums and other art venues. Kuk’s unique Surrealist art is recognizable for its stylized figures, often featuring hybrid creatures, mythological content and Biblical themes.

Condition

- toning to edges of sheet; staining to sheet; minor creases and handling wear; bottom edge cut on a slight slant; staining and rubbing marks to verso.

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Item #

ITMGQ90669