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Materials:

oil on canvas laid on plywood with fiberboard and plywood elements and metal

Size Notes:

Each part: 201 by 152.5cm, 79 by 60in.

Edition:

The present work belongs to a series Yankilevsky executed in the early 1990s while living in New York. The title alludes to the famous jazz standard Take the A Train immortalised by Duke Ellington and dedicated to the A line of the New York subway system operating between East Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Description:

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Markings:

each part signed in Cyrillic and dated 92 on the reverse and titled on a label affixed to the reverse

Condition:

Executed on canvas laid down on sheets of plywood. Painted fiberboard, plywood and metal elements are attached with screws. There are two minor flecks of paint loss towards the centre of the middle panel just below the horizon line. There is a further area of paint loss to the lower right edge of the left panel. Minor losses are visible along the edges elsewhere. There is a nick to the centre of the left edge of the right panel with minor associated paint loss. There is a small chip to the plywood element at the centre of the right edge of the right panel. The right panel further shows surface scratches to the purple plane in the upper left quadrant. There are scattered surface scratches in places elsewhere. An uneven and slightly discoloured varnish layer is visible in places, most notably above the horizon of the central and right parts. Inspection under UV light reveals a slightly uneven varnish layer, but no obvious signs of retouching. Unframed.