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A New Year greeting: Three acrobats in feather headresses
Details
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
A New Year greeting: Three acrobats in feather headresses
signed and inscribed ‘To dear Edward/a Merry Christmas/and Happy/ New Year/from Pavlik’ (centre right); further inscribed and dated ‘Weston/Noel 1938/Norwalk’ (lower right)
gouache on black paper
12 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (32.7 x 41 cm.)
A New Year greeting: Three acrobats in feather headresses
signed and inscribed ‘To dear Edward/a Merry Christmas/and Happy/ New Year/from Pavlik’ (centre right); further inscribed and dated ‘Weston/Noel 1938/Norwalk’ (lower right)
gouache on black paper
12 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (32.7 x 41 cm.)
Provenance
The Edward James Collection; Christie’s New York, 6 October 1988, lot 98.
Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation; Doyle New York, 19 September 2012, lot 1176.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Sold to Benefit the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation; Doyle New York, 19 September 2012, lot 1176.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
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