SITNIKOV, VASILY (1915-1987) Proezd Parashi Kultyapkinoi - signed, also titled and inscribed in Cyrillic "S pechat'u" on the reverse Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 112 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in Moscow, c. 1975. Private collection, USA. Authenticity certificate from the artist. Literature: A. Brusilovsky, A Pantheon of Russian Underground, State Russian Museum, Palace Editions, 2005, p. 19, illustrated. A. Brusilovsky, Vasya Sitnikov and his Malaya Lubyanka/Time of the Artists, Moscow, 1999. Z. Plavinskaya, Vasily Sitnikov, Moscow, 1998. The Other Art. Moscow 1956-1988, Edited by I. Alpatova, Moscow, 2005. A. Glezer, Contemporary Russian Art, Paris-Moscow-New York, 1993.