Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)

Design for the cover for the journal 'Thirty Days': issue No. 1, 1927

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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Design for the cover for the journal 'Thirty Days': issue No. 1, 1927
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Sergei Chekhonin/1927' (lower left); numbered 'N5' and with indistinct inscription in Russian 'To be sent immediately to/S. V. Chekhonin/…' (on the reverse)
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
11 7/8 x 8 ½ in. (30.3 x 21.5 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.

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Lot Essay

The Soviet literary journal 'Thirty Days' was published monthly between 1925 and 1941 in Moscow, and showcased works by many notable writers and poets, including Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) and Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), among others.

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