LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.17 in. (99.50 cm.) (height) by 28.74 in. (73.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed P. Tchelitchew and dated 37 (lower left); labeled for exhibition and sale (on the stretcher and frame)

Exhibited:

New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, March-April 1964, no. 191 Worthing, Worthing Art Gallery, Impressionism to Surrealism, 1970 New York, Midtown Payson Gallery, Pavel Tchelitchew: A Reevaluation, September-November 1994 Katonah, Katonah Museum of Art, Pavel Tchelitchew: The Landscape of the Body, June-September 1998

Literature:

Gallery of Modern Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, New York, 1964, p. 25, no. 21, illustrated Parker Tyler, The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew, New York, 1967, illustrated Katonah Museum of Art, Pavel Tchelitchew: The Landscape of the Body, Katonah, 1998, p. 33, illustrated James Dowell and John Kolomvakis, Sleep in a Nest of Flames (documentary film), Symbiosis Films, Inc., 2000.

Provenance:

Edward James, London Sale: Christie's London, June 26, 1990, lot 288, illustrated Acquired directly from the above by the present owner