Iakov Georgevich Chernikhov (1889-1951)
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Iakov Georgevich Chernikhov (1889-1951)

i. Geometrical composition ii. Geometrical composition iii. Geometrical composition iv. Architectural composition

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Iakov Georgevich Chernikhov (1889-1951)
i. Geometrical composition
ii. Geometrical composition
iii. Geometrical composition
iv. Architectural composition
i. signed 'ATchernikov' (lower right)
i.& ii. gouache on paper
iii. gouache and pen and ink on paper
iv. brush, pen and ink on paper
11 7/8 x 9½ in. (30.3 x 24.3 cm.), and smaller
(iv) executed circa 1931; (i), (ii) & (iii) executed circa 1927 (4)
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 drawing no. (iv) was published in Chernikhov's Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture (Osnovy sovremennoi arkhitektury), first published in 1930 in Leningrad, and reprinted in 1931.

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