LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and ink on paper

Size Notes:

13 by 16½ in.

Edition:

Executed in Malcesine, Lake Garda in Summer 1935.

Description:

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Markings:

signed P. Tchelitchew and dated '35 (upper right)

Condition:

Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet hinged by picture corners to a window mat. The sheet has been torn from a notebook, and the left edge has associated grommets. Light studio staining throughout. There is a circular loss approximately 1/4 inch in diameter in the lower right corner. The sheet is lightly time stained throughout. There are two dots of foxing, one at the upper center, to the right of the wine glass, and another at the upper right edge. Light abrasion to the sheet at the lower register. This work is in overall very good condition. Framed: 19¾ by 23¼ in. (50.2 by 59 cm.)

Literature:

Lincoln Kirstein, Pavel Tchelitchew Drawings, New York, 1970, no. 28, illustrated

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Kirstein, New York (acquired from the artist by 1942) Private Collection (acquired as a gift from the above) Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York Sotheby's New York, 6 May 2010, lot 382 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner