Details
Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Portrait of Pierre Ino (1909-1989)
signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘Sergei Chekhonin/1926’ (lower right); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff ‘Pierre Ino (fils adoptif du peintre)/1973’ (on the reverse) and ‘Pierre Ino fut adopté par S Tchékonine. Il était le fils/de Mme Tchékonine et né/d’un premiere mariage./Portrait de Pierre Ino’ (on the reverse of the backboard)
pastel on card
19 1/8 x 15 in. (48.7 x 38.2 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from Pierre Ino (1909-1989), stepson of the artist, by Alexandre Djanchieff in Paris in the late 1980s.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Probably, Exhibition catalogue, Exposition Serge Tchekhonine. Portraits et Miniatures, Paris, 1929, listed p. [5], no. 6.
Exhibited
Probably, Paris, La Renaissance, Exposition Serge Tchekhonine. Portraits et Miniatures, 5-19 June 1929, no. 6.
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