Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)

Jeune homme en costume

細節
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Jeune homme en costume
inscribed 'A mon petit Peter/avec mes meilleurs/souvenir/de Pavel' (lower centre)
ink on paper
14 x 9¾ in. (35.5 x 24.7 cm.)
There are drawings of male nudes by the same artist on the reverse.
來源
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1982, lot 146.
Anonymous sale, Habsburg, Feldman S. A., Geneva, 16 June 1989, lot 68. Acquired by the present owner circa 1990.

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Alexis de Tiesenhausen
Alexis de Tiesenhausen

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On the basis of the dedication to 'Peter' and a similarity to Tchelitchew's portrait of Peter Watson in blue armour, it has been suggested that the work may represent Peter Watson (b. 1908) who died in his bath under mysterious circumstances in 1956. The younger son of Sir George Watson, he was educated at Eton and Oxford. A discriminating supporter of young artists such as Salvador Dali, Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon, he was a founding member of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
On close inspection of the present lot, images of human heads, clowns and animals may be seen to metamorphose from the costume.