Dimitri Petrov, "Horse Meets Rectum"- Ink on paper, signed 1976

Surreal, strange pen & ink large drawing by American/Russian Artist Dimitri Petrov (1919 - 1986) Measures: Framed: 38.25 x 30.5 x 1.75 Artwork itself: 30" x 22" A nice addition to your Dada or Surrealism collection. Dimitri Petrov (Russian-American, 1919 – 1986) was born in Philadelphia in 1919. He was a DaDa and Surrealist painter, a member of the Woodstock Artists Association, and editor/publisher of publications including the Prospero series of poet-artist books and Instead, a surrealist newspaper. Growing up in an anarchist colony in New Jersey, Petrov later studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and printmaking with Stanley Hayter at Ateleier 17 Workshop. Petrov exhibited at Hugo Gallery in New York City, Stravinsky Gallery, and Maeght Gallery. His work was also exhibited at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual (1944), Iris Clert, the Corocoran Gallery Biennial, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.