Soviet art proves selective across ‘London-grad’ series
Despite its current high profile, commercial interest in Soviet-era art remains selective. With the centenary of the Russian Revolution and anniversary exhibitions at the Royal Academy and Tate Modern, the latest series of Russian sales in London had aimed to cash in on the focus on this sector.
On November 29 MacDougall’s set a record for Soviet realist painter Aleksandr Deinek (1899-1969) w…