Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)

Fire in the bush at Yalinga

Details

Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Fire in the bush at Yalinga
signed, inscribed and dated 'Yalinga/1925/A Iacovleff' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 17¾ in. (53 x 45 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the Duchess de Gramont, born Princess Maria Ruspoli.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in the 1970s.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Alexandre Iacovleff: Exposition de peinture et dessins, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1926, listed p. 5, no. 58.

Exhibited

Paris, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Alexandre Iacovleff: Exposition de peintures et dessins, 7-23 May 1926, no. 58.

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Ensayo del lote

Léon Poirier's film, which documents the Croisière Noire depicts the expedition team taking part in a hunt in the African bush, using fire to smoke out their prey. Poirier's footage allows us to date this oil to between the end of January and early February 1925.

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