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Brezhnev Soviet Russian Dissident Abstract Art #1116812

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Brezhnev Soviet Russian Dissident Abstract Art #1116812
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Brezhnev Soviet Russian Dissident Abstract Art Felt Marker
Drawing <BR>subversive work USSR CCCP
 
Marker ink drawing, partial signature Bok. (Bokorov) lower
left, double matted and gilt wood framed. <BR>Depicts a strange abstract figure
in flight. The drawing measures 8 x 10 inches and the frame measures 18 x 24
inches. Bokorov was imprisoned for this subversive work and managed to smuggle
some of his works out of the Soviet Union at the height of Brezhnev oppressive
crackdown. Russian art is gaining recognition and momentum in today's art world.
And this piece of formerly forbidden expression would be an interesting and
envious addition to your fine art collection.
 
Background:<BR>Leonid Brezhnev, b. Dec. 19, 1906, was the
leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death on Nov. 10, 1982. A native
of Russified eastern Ukraine, he rose steadily in party ranks during the 1930s
and in 1939 was appointed propaganda secretary of the Dnepropetrovsk regional
committee. During World War II, he worked at the front as a political commissar
attached to the armed forces, becoming a major general in 1944.
 
In the postwar years Brezhnev worked under Nikita
KHRUSHCHEV in Ukraine, later serving as Communist party chief in Moldavia
(1950-53) and Kazakhstan (1954-56). He was elevated ...
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#: DR_017</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Brezhnev Soviet Russian Dissident Abstract Art</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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