Current Location: In storage
Titles
Football Match
Stadium
Maker(s)
Printmaker:
Ermolaev, Boris Nikolaevich
Entities
Categories
Description
Semi-abstract, elevated view of a football stadium just before the start of a match. Executed in dots and patches of primary colour. Male figures wearing sailor uniforms are seen from behind in the foreground.
Notes
History note: Selected by Eric Chamberlain and Carl Winter from the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition, _Lithographs by twenty-seven Soviet artists_ (9 May-10 June, 1961).
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1961-07)
by
The Perceval Fund
Dating
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1956
Note
Artist's Proof (one of ten). In the 'Stadium' and 'Holidays' lithographic series' of the early 1950s, Ermolaev introduced brightly-coloured spots in red, blue, yellow and green, influenced by Post-impressionism. (See, _Leningrad Lithography: Meeting Place_ (Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg, 2017), p. 58).
School or Style
Russian
Components of the work
Image
Height 440 mm
Width 600 mm
Sheet
Height 475 mm
Width 637 mm
Techniques used in production
Lithography
: Colour printing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet.
- Text: [football ?match] 1956
- Location: Recto, lower left
- Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
- Type: Title and date
Inscription present: Written using the cyrillic alphabet
- Text: стадион
- Location: Recto, lower right
- Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
- Type: Title
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: P.131-1961
Primary reference Number: 223205
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Audit data
Created: Tuesday 17 July 2018
Updated: Monday 25 October 2021
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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