Artwork Description
Grisha Bruskin – Kaballah
Dimensions: 40 x 30″ paper
Year: 1988
Medium: 7 color lithograph
Grisha Brushkin’s Kabbalah lithograph has sold consistently for $3000-$3500. This framed print is one of the artist’s finest, and it was printed by Landfall Press. Grisha Bruskin is one of the most important and successful contemporary Russian artists. He was born in Moscow in 1945, and graduated from the Moscow Art Institute in 1968. Bruskin’s early exhibitions in Russia were shut down by Russian authorities for political reasons and for his nonconformist style. Glasnost brought Bruskin’s works to the attention of museums, art dealers and collectors in the West.In 1987 his work was shown at the Chicago International Art Exposition. In 1988, Sotheby’s held it’s first-ever art auction in Moscow, and Bruskin became internationally acclaimed after his works sold for record-breaking prices. In the same year he was asked to design the poster for the Chicago International Art Exposition, which was founded by the founder of Landfall Press, Jack Lemon, who also printed this Bruskin print! This enabled him to move to the United States. Bruskin’s work combines symbolic imagery from mystical Kabbalah to other philosophical and folkloric traditions. His works are featured in major museums worldwide.