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Do any of you guys have any suggestions on where to source prints of old, less well known, artwork? I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of Sergei Lukin's 'It Has Come To Pass' (apparently also known as 'Inevitable' and 'Bolshevik Stands Guard Inside The Winter Palace'). I've looked absolutely everywhere, but there just doesn't seem to be any English language seller stocking it - certainly not the major sites. It's a shame, because it's one of my favourite pieces (don't ask) and I'd love to have it up on my wall. edit: If there's a general requests thread I've missed feel free to close this.
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Aug 1, 2014 01:00
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if its in a museum's collection, call the museum and ask, a lot of museums will do high quality print runs of pieces in their collections - usually these go for under 100 bucks and are decent if it's traveled in a show other museums may have done similar depending on the lending agreement or published materials for that show a catalog raisonne for the artist may have info about shows like that if it's in a private collection you're SOL... you could look for a nice printed version in a book and get it blown up but it will still look like poo poo...
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Aug 1, 2014 22:24
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Did find it on an old "Christies" auction (different version) sold for under 1k, not sure if they would reprint as I think it did end up in private hands. I haven't much experience with reprints but did get my hands on a war time reprint, only because the original was popular at the time, so unsure if a common practice, or a one-off thing. Be interesting to find out.
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Aug 10, 2014 11:24
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BoilerRoom posted:Did find it on an old "Christies" auction (different version) sold for under 1k, not sure if they would reprint as I think it did end up in private hands. I haven't much experience with reprints but did get my hands on a war time reprint, only because the original was popular at the time, so unsure if a common practice, or a one-off thing. Be interesting to find out. Is there anywhere with infomation on who owns works at present?
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Aug 11, 2014 18:56
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If your question is about easily accessible internet, probably not. I did a quick lookup on several of the usual suspects I try and could find no information at all really on this guy, if he is a relatively minor figure your best bet is to start at a library at a research university with a decent collection of books on your time period, I said start with the catalog raisonne but this guy looks so tiny he probably doesn't have one. Still if I was gonna start digging it would be at a library. Depending on your budget you might just keep an eye out on online (or real life if you live near NYC/Chicago/LA) auctions. You can pick up stuff from the turn of the century forward from lesser-known artists for really decent prices, or do a minimum bid on a piece and hope nobody bids on it - which happens often. If you're not dead set on this artist, this specific piece.
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Aug 11, 2014 23:40
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To add to this, if it's been published anywhere you might be able to get the files from the publisher, or ask them who the rightsholder is. Private collections are a bitch, and usually auction house photography is not great
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Aug 22, 2014 00:20
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