Lot Essay
This gouache is a preparatory study for the oil on canvas of the same title executed the same year (illustrated in J. Chauvelin & N. Filatoff, op. cit., no. 22, p. 49).
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La ville
Details
Alexandra Exter (Aleksandra Ekster; 1882-1949)
La ville
gouache, wash, India ink and pencil on paper
27¼ x 19 7/8 in. (69 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1912
La ville
gouache, wash, India ink and pencil on paper
27¼ x 19 7/8 in. (69 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1912
Provenance
The artist's studio.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 May 2001, lot 50.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 May 2001, lot 50.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Chauvelin & N. Filatoff, Alexandra Exter, Monographie, Chevilly-Larue, 2003, no. 23 (illustrated p. 50).
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