NEIZVESTNY ERNST (1925-2016) ELAGINA ELENA (1949-2022) Moscow, 1970-1971

Black-and-white photograph. 10.3 x 15 cm. Stamp ‘Ing. Vladimir Hák Bratislava’ and ownership inscriptions on the reverse. Ernst Iosifovich Neizvestny (1925-2016) was a Soviet and American sculptor, graphic artist, painter and philosopher, an icon of nonconformist art and laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995). Elena Vladimirovna Elagina (1949-2022) was a Soviet and Russian artist, one of the leading representatives of Moscow Conceptualism, creator of objects and installations and Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.