Lot Essay
This study relates to an oil painted by Chekhonin in 1929 and sold at Christie's London on 29 November 2006, lot 178, for £114,000.
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Fantasy; and Floral design for a frontispiece
Details
Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Fantasy; and Floral design for a frontispiece
one signed and dated 'Serge Tchekhonine 1927' (lower centre); the other signed 'S. Tchekhonine' (lower left), inscribed and dated 'Paris 1929.' (lower right)
one pencil, coloured pencil and watercolour on paper; another pencil, ink, watercolour, heightened with white, on card; one framed
12 ¾ x 9 1/8 in. (32.2 x 23 cm.); the second 11 x 9 1/8 in. (28 x 23 cm.)
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Fantasy; and Floral design for a frontispiece
one signed and dated 'Serge Tchekhonine 1927' (lower centre); the other signed 'S. Tchekhonine' (lower left), inscribed and dated 'Paris 1929.' (lower right)
one pencil, coloured pencil and watercolour on paper; another pencil, ink, watercolour, heightened with white, on card; one framed
12 ¾ x 9 1/8 in. (32.2 x 23 cm.); the second 11 x 9 1/8 in. (28 x 23 cm.)
(2)
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.
By descent to the present owner.
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Marina Nekliudova