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Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Giraffe
signed, inscribed and dated 'Campement/de Giraffe (près de Ouandji)/4 Feb 1925/A. Iacovleff' (center right)
charcoal and sanguine on paper
21 7/8 x 29¼ in. (55.3 x 74.3 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by Nikita D. Lobanov in 1968, New York.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Alexandre Iacovleff: Exposition de peintures et dessins, Paris, May 7-23, 1926, p. 5, listed no. 55.
Exhibition catalogue, Alexander Iacovleff Paintings & Drawings, New York, 1993, illustrated p. 19, no. 21.
Exhibited
Paris, Hotel Jean Charpentier, Alexandre Iacovleff: Exposition de peintures et dessins, May 7-23, 1926, no. 55.
Versailles, Hotel Rameau, La Croisiére Noire Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique Peintures Dessins Croquis par A. Iacovleff, May 20-23, 1967, no. 47, as 'Tete de Girafe'.
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Alexander Iacovleff Paintings and Drawings, May 5-June 4, 1993, no. 21.

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