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Forward to the Sun (Communism) from the Sots Art series
Forward to the Sun (Communism) from the Sots Art series
Forward to the Sun (Communism) from the Sots Art series

Forward to the Sun (Communism) from the Sots Art series

Artist Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (Russian, 1973-2003)
Date1972
MediumOil and tempera on panel
DimensionsPanel: 44.5 × 64 cm (17 1/2 × 25 3/16 in.)
Frame: 47.5 × 67.3 × 2.5 cm (18 11/16 × 26 1/2 × 1 in.)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineNorton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union
Object number2001.1222
Collections
Exhibition History- Rotation, 08/2000-07/2004, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Upper Level - “Thinking Pictures”: Moscow Conceptual Art in the Dodge Collection, 09/06/2016-12/31/2016, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery - Rotation, 01/19/2017-03/2017, Zimmerli Art Museum, Dodge Wing Lower Level - Komar and Melamid: A Lesson in History, 02/11/2023-07/16/2023, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
Exhibitions

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