i. Architectural fantasy no. 48 ii. Architectural fantasy no. 93

Details

Iakov Georgevich Chernikhov (1889-1951)
i. Architectural fantasy no. 48
ii. Architectural fantasy no. 93
i. gouache and pencil on paper
ii. gouache, brush, pen and ink and pencil on paper
9 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (24.5 x 29.7 cm.) (each)
Executed circa 1931 (2)

Provenance

The artist's estate.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the artist's family in 1998. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999.

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Lot Essay

Margarita Leonidovna Chernikhova, the widow of the artist's son, has confirmed the authenticity of these works.

The two present drawings were published under no. 48 and no. 93 in Chernikhov's Architectural Fantasies (Arkhitekturnye fantazii) published in 1933 in Leningrad.

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