Football Match Stadium
Printmaker: Ermolaev, Boris Nikolaevich
Semi-abstract, elevated view of a football stadium just before the start of a match. Executed in dots and patches of primary colour. Male figures wearing sailor uniforms are seen from behind in the foreground.
History note: Selected by Eric Chamberlain and Carl Winter from the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition, _Lithographs by twenty-seven Soviet artists_ (9 May-10 June, 1961).
Method of acquisition: Bought (1961-07) by The Perceval Fund
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1956
Artist's Proof (one of ten). In the 'Stadium' and 'Holidays' lithographic series' of the early 1950s, Ermolaev introduced brightly-coloured spots in red, blue, yellow and green, influenced by Post-impressionism. (See, _Leningrad Lithography: Meeting Place_ (Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg, 2017), p. 58).
Image
Height 440 mm
Width 600 mm
Sheet
Height 475 mm
Width 637 mm
Lithography : Colour printing
Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet.
Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet
Accession number: P.131-1961
Primary reference Number: 223205
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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