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Classic head
Details
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Classic head
signed 'P Tchelitchew' (lower centre)
ink on paper
10½ x 8¼ in. (26.6 x 20.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1934
Classic head
signed 'P Tchelitchew' (lower centre)
ink on paper
10½ x 8¼ in. (26.6 x 20.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1934
Provenance
Julian Levy Gallery, New York (label on the backboard).
Prince Serge Obolensky (1890-1978) and Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-1956), London, circa 1925.
By descent to the present owner.
Prince Serge Obolensky (1890-1978) and Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-1956), London, circa 1925.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Pavel Tchelitchew, New York, 1964, listed p. 61, no. 132.
Exhibited
New York, Pavel Tchelitchew, Gallery of Modern Art, 20 March-19 April 1964, no. 132.
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