Grisha Bruskin (Russian-American, b. 1945)

Untitled (Procession of Figures)

Moscow Period, Soviet Union, before 1988.

Ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper.

Image: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 16 cm).

Framed: 15 × 12 5/8 in. (38 × 32 cm).

Signed in Cyrillic "Гриша Брускин" lower right. The reverse backing board bears additional handwritten inscriptions identifying the artist, including a reference to Marlborough Gallery.

An expressive and colorful composition depicting two rows of stylized figures carrying ceremonial objects, symbolic animals, banners, and ritual attributes. Executed with bold ink outlines and vibrant watercolor and gouache, the work reflects Bruskin's distinctive visual language, combining elements of folklore, mythology, religious symbolism, and collective cultural memory.

Grisha Bruskin is an internationally acclaimed Russian-American artist and one of the leading figures of the Soviet Nonconformist Art Movement. He gained international recognition following the historic Sotheby's auction in Moscow in 1988 and subsequently established his career in New York.

His works are represented in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; The Jewish Museum, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the State Russian Museum, St.

Petersburg. Bruskin received the prestigious Kandinsky Prize in 2012 and participated in the Russian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017.

Presented under glass in an attractive giltwood frame with a wide ivory mat.

Condition: Good condition with natural age-related toning to the paper.