LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolour and gouache on paper

Size Notes:

35 by 42.5cm, 13¾ by 16¾in.

Markings:

signed in Latin and dated 39 l.r.; further bearing various labels on the backing board and frame, Richard Nathanson inspected the present work in 2013 and confirmed its authenticity.

Exhibited:

New York, Julien Levy Gallery at Durlacher Bros., Metamorphoses by Pavel Tchelitchew, 21 April - 18 May 1942; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Tchelitchew, Paintings and Drawings, 28 October - 29 November 1942, no.160; New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, 20 March - 19 April 1964, no.227; Savannah, Georgia, Bohemia Gallery, Works by Tchelitchew and Emanuel Romaro, October–November 1998

Literature:

J.T. Soby, Tchelitchew. Paintings, Drawings, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p.94, no.160 listed; p.30 mentioned in the text; L.Kirstein, Pavel Tchelitchew, New York: The Gallery of Modern Art, 1964, p.64, no.227

Provenance:

The artist; Iris and John E. Abbott, acquired from the 1942 exhibition ; Robert H. Holmes, New York