Bidspirit auction | RUSSIAN BELOBOROV & POPOV MOZART

RUSSIAN BELOBOROV & POPOV MOZART AND SALIERI OIL PAINTING - An oil on canvas painting titled Mozart and Salieri by Russian artist collaborators Vladimir Beloborov and Oleg Popov, created in 1991. Rendered in a bold Expressionist manner, the composition portrays the classical composers with exaggerated features—Mozart in cool blue tones resting his chin in hand, and Salieri in vibrant red with an open mouth—seated before a table laden with glass bottles. Inscribed with the title in Cyrillic along the upper margin and initialed in the lower right corner. The canvas reverse bears full handwritten Cyrillic inscriptions detailing artist names, title, medium, dimensions, and year. Provenance includes acquisition via a San Diego, California dealer into the Khodorkovsky Art Collection. Exhibited at the Denison Museum, Granville, Ohio (Portraying Identity, August 29–November 29, 2024). Housed in a silvered ornate frame. avant-garde, figurative, dual-signed, portraiture, drinking, theatrical, nonconformist, musician. Dimensions Frame: 20 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. Image: 18 x 26 in Condition The canvas is in overall good condition with light, stable craquelure consistent with age. Paint layers remain intact with vivid pigmentation. The frame displays minor surface rubbing and light edge wear. The reverse retains clear handwritten inscriptions along with institutional exhibition and collection labels. Unexamined out of frame.