LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and ink, heightened with white, on paper

Measurements:

8.58 in. (21.80 cm.) (height) by 6.61 in. (16.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Sergei Chekhonin. 1918.' (lower centre); with inscription 'Acquis de Mr Pierre Ino/Reproduit dans la monographie/de Efros et Pounine' and 'Ino' (on the reverse of the mount)

Literature:

A. Efros & N. Punin, S. Chekhonin, Moscow, 1924, illustrated p. 72, listed p. 110. A. Emdin, Mnogolikii [The multifaceted] Chekhonin, Moscow, 2003, illustrated p. 63.

Provenance:

Acquired directly from Pierre Ino (1909-1989), stepson of the artist, by Alexandre Djanchieff in Paris in the late 1980s. By descent to the present owner.