I must say I have big doubts cause dating works from the collection of Kocheyshvili Kovner. Most of the dates from the year 1974, and the remaining 1984. I can see that by the early seventies can be attributed only three pages of this collection, well, etc. Since I do not undertake to up to a year to check on these dates, but is confident that they bear the wrong, do not even know whether to report it to the mistress of the collection, especially when taking into account the fact that the catalog is already out ...
Rather, the work came to a collector without dating. And they attributirovali them as they could. It is even possible that attributed on the basis of vague guesses the artist sells the work of these Kovner about fifteen years ago. Name is not going to call, but Mr. N is puzzled by the author to transfer money for the sold schedule, and preferred to keep silent about it. Therefore not in his interests to connect the collector with the artist to refine the dating ...
Arina Kovner was very surprised last year when she met in Switzerland with Boris Kocheyshvili and got his just published catalog. She was sure that the artist is long dead ...
That is so funny and grusno evolved and the fate of many works, who left the studio before it a certified art, ie, I ...
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By the way, Arina Kovner came to Moscow for a few days this summer and wanted to get to his painting exhibition Kocheyshvili, which she chose from a catalog. But this time, visit the workshop of the collector was not held. First the artist was in Tarusa, and secondly, Kovner said that if takes his picture, then certainly with the ends and on any show, whether it's at least the Russian Museum, the picture will not be forwarded. And we felt sorry for giving the "White Sea" ...
Boris Kocheyshvili. White Sea. Canvas, acrylic. 82-87cm. 2008.
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And here's another news:
The publishing house "Text" a book of poems of Roald Hoffmann. Hoffman lives in America, he Nobel Prize in chemistry, as well as a poet and novelist .
The book is framed by two paintings by well-known artist you - Boris Kocheyshvili .
Author of poetry is not personally acquainted with Boris , but at home he hangs graphics artist. Hoffman contacted me through a friend and asked to draw the Russian edition of his poems, works Kocheyshvili . He had chosen for the cover picture of "Equilibrium " illustrates perfectly , in his words , the life of a scientist between chemistry and literature.
Now we await a package from America to the signed author copies of the book )))
Boris Kocheyshvili . Balance. Oil on canvas . 123 130.5sm . 1988.