Image #7 from the series House with an Attic
Artist
Oleg Vassiliev
(Born in Moscow, Russia (formerly the USSR), 1931–2013)
PrinterPrinted by
Atelier Champfleury
(French)
PublisherPublished by
Oivind Johansen Editions
(Norwegian)
Date1992
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (64.8 x 49.5 cm)
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 21 1/4 inches (75.9 x 54 cm)
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 21 1/4 inches (75.9 x 54 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number1995.19.1
Collections
- MODERN & CONTEMPORARY
- RUSSIAN
- WORKS ON PAPER
Edition40
Stateartist's proof
Label TextRauchenberg label:
These works are from House with an Attic, part of a series of thirty lithographs based on Anton Chekhov’s short story, House with an Attic: An Artist’s Story, in which Chekhov meditates on love, family, social propriety, memory and history. Oleg Vassiliev’s first fifteen prints depict his imaginary entry into Chekhov’s story; print number sixteen offers images of Vassiliev’s own family history; and prints seventeen through thirty reflect upon the history of the Soviet Union. Vassiliev chose to number his prints rather than title them so that viewers could imagine their own narratives.
Image #7 shows Vassiliev breaking through the frame containing the “house with an attic” and entering physically into Chekhov’s story where he is confronted by the rubble of history in the foreground.
KS with Bettina Jungen
These works are from House with an Attic, part of a series of thirty lithographs based on Anton Chekhov’s short story, House with an Attic: An Artist’s Story, in which Chekhov meditates on love, family, social propriety, memory and history. Oleg Vassiliev’s first fifteen prints depict his imaginary entry into Chekhov’s story; print number sixteen offers images of Vassiliev’s own family history; and prints seventeen through thirty reflect upon the history of the Soviet Union. Vassiliev chose to number his prints rather than title them so that viewers could imagine their own narratives.
Image #7 shows Vassiliev breaking through the frame containing the “house with an attic” and entering physically into Chekhov’s story where he is confronted by the rubble of history in the foreground.
KS with Bettina Jungen