Valeri Roslyakov

Loading Nickel Ore, Yenisei River 1973

Oil on board  
34 x 49 cm  
Signed and dated on reverse  

Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

The nickel is brought from Norilsk, above the Arctic Circle, by train to the port at Dudinka where it is transported down the Yenisei River to Murmansk. This transportation takes place only during the summer. 

Valeri B. Roslyakov was a Member of the Krasnoyarsk Artists' Union (Siberia)

Item #4046

Price: $1,650.00