The story
The composition echoes Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”. Where Vivaldi conveys the changing seasons through contrasts of tempo and rhythm, Chaykin expresses them through harmony of proportion, symmetry and precisely calibrated geometry.
On 6 September 2025, the watercolour drawing “Autumn”, which preceded the large canvas, sold for CHF 21,000 at the Phillips with Bacs & Russo charity auction in Geneva.
Silkscreen is a time-honoured stencil technique in which ink is forced through a tightly stretched mesh, originally made of silk. It yields saturated planes of colour with sharp outlines and an even fill without tonal transitions.
Silkscreen is a time-honoured stencil technique in which ink is forced through a tightly stretched mesh, originally made of silk.
Konstantin Chaykin personally builds the layer-by-layer composition on his graphic tablet, chooses the colours and directs the preparation for printing. Each copy of the 10-colour silkscreen is printed on German 300 g/m² paper made from 100% cotton, signed and numbered by the artist and carries his authentication embossing. Edition of 30 plus 5 artist’s proofs.
