SOLOMON SAMSONOVICH BOIM (RUSSIAN 1899-1978) Series of Five Watercolors, 1952-1960 watercolor on paper 39.2 x 30 cm (15 1/2 x 12 in.) each; three initialed and dated lower right, two initialed lower left
LOT NOTES Solomon Boim is known mostly for his works in graphic techniques: watercolor, gouache, drawing, engraving, and posters (Agitplakat). From 1926 on he participated in hundreds of exhibitions at home and abroad. Boim studied at Vkhutemas (the famous school of Russian Avant-garde art which later became Vkhutein) from 1922 through 1929, under such prominent Russian artists as Nikolay Kupreyanov and Piotr Lvov.
