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Football Match: P.131-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Football Match
Stadium

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ermolaev, Boris Nikolaevich

Entities

Categories

Description

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.

Notes

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).

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1961-07) by The Perceval Fund

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1956

Note

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).

School or Style

Russian

Components of the work

Image Height 440 mm Width 600 mm
Sheet Height 475 mm Width 637 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography : Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet.

  • Text: [football ?match] 1956
  • Location: Recto, lower left
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Title and date

Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet

  • Text: стадион
  • Location: Recto, lower right
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Title

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.131-1961
Primary reference Number: 223205
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 17 July 2018 Updated: Monday 25 October 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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