Lyubitel Kislogo (Lover of Sour Things), Leningrad

1973

Boris Smelov

Artist, Russian, 1951 - 1998

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.23 × 22.23 cm (8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 39.8 × 30 cm (15 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4501

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Boris Smelov, St. Petersburg, Russia; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 11 – July 7, 1991; Fine Arts Center, Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, September 19 – November 1, 1992; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, January 23 – March 7, 1993; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 28 – May 9, 1993; Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA, January – February, 1994; Haverford College, Haverford, PA, March – May, 1994

Bibliography

1991

  • Bendavid-Val, Leah ed. Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Services International, Washington, DC, 1991: 39.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, top center in graphite: Smelov Boris / "Любитель кислого"; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1995.47.1

Wikidata ID

Q64145476

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