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BORIS RAKHAMIMOV RUSSIAN MAN IN IRON MASK OIL PAINTING - By Boris Rakhamimov (Russian), an oil on canvas surrealist portrait, Man in Iron Mask. The composition depicts a male figure wearing a red bow tie, dark jacket, and a heavily textured fur hat mounted with a stylized black and white mask. Extending above the headwear, dark spread wings featuring circular eye motifs span against a horizontally banded ground. The work is executed in a sculptural impasto technique with pronounced palette-knife texturing defining the facial features. Signed in red pigment along the lower left edge, partially obscured beneath the inner frame rabbet. The unlined canvas reverse bears a circular red stamp inscribed 'Original', and the wooden frame backing retains a green inventory sticker. The artwork is published in the artist’s commemorative monograph, In Memory of Boris Rakhamimov, and is illustrated on page 78, where it is cataloged as an oil on paper. Please note that the catalog is shown for reference purposes only and is not included with the sale of the lot. Dimensions Frame: 39 x 33 in. Image: 28 1/2 x 23 in. All measurements are approximate. Condition Condition is consistent with age and medium. The heavily textured impasto surface displays natural drying craquelure and minor surface irregularities. The unlined canvas verso appears structurally sound. The ornate giltwood frame exhibits minor edge rubbing and wear.