Maxim Kantor

Maxim Kantor 1957 Dwenadzat (Zwölf). 1988. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. Signed, dated, titled, and with the dimensions on the reverse of the canvas (all in Cyrillic). 198 x 400 x 400 cm (77.9 x 157.4 x 157.4 in). [EH]. • Offered for the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). • Through his body of work, he articulates and defines the value of freedom. • In 1997, Maxim Kantor presented the solo exhibition “Criminal Chronicle” at the Russian Pavilion of the 47th Venice Biennale. • In 2017, he created two large murals in the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher Hall at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. • His works are represented, among others, at the National Museum in Gdansk, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the British Museum in London, the Strabag Kunstforum in Vienna, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. PROVENANCE: From a collection in Berlin (acquired directly from the artist in 1988). EXHIBITION: Szene Moskau 1988. Vier Künstler – Vier Positionen, Maxim Kantor / Igor Ganikowsky, Galerie Eva Poll Berlin / Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht (NL), Aug. 29–Sept. 21, 1988. LITERATURE: Eva and Lothar C. Poll (eds.), Szene Mockba. Vier Künstler—Vier Positionen, Berlin 1988, pp. 30ff. (with ill.). "Kantor’s work is as far removed from that of a history painters of the last century as one can imagine [.] And yet, in an era of aesthetic formalism, this Pictor doctus—like few others—can lay claim to the honorable title of being a painter of history." Vittorio Hösle on Maxim Kantor, quoted from: Kunstforum International, Vol. 138, 1997 (www.kunstforum.de/artikel/inselhaftes-denken/; accessed Oct. 21, 2026). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.52 h +/- 20 min.

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