Untitled cartridge case, artist Anatoly Kryvolap

Provenance:

A famous Ukrainian artist painted a trophy shell casing in a single copy. Usually the artist writes paintings in oil and acrylic on canvas, but in the framework of the charity project “Have the honor” made an exception and painted the shell casing in his author's style. The auction was organized by the Ukrainian auction house Dukat in support of the Armed forces of Ukraine - 23 separate rifle battalion in November 2023 - lot number 102.

Hand-painted one of the most expensive artists of Ukraine - Anatoly Kryvolap (born 1946, Ukraine). Ukrainian artist, master of non-figurative painting.

In October 2011 at the auction Phillips de Pury & Co in London, Anatoly Krivolap's painting “Horse. Night” was sold for $124,343, and the painting ”Horse. Evening” went under the hammer on June 28, 2013 at the Contemporary Art Day Phillips auction for 122.5 thousand pounds sterling ($186,200).