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    • Pavel Tchelitchew (RUSSIAN, 18
    Lot 31 | PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GERTRUDE STEIN Read more

    Pavel Tchelitchew (RUSSIAN, 1898-1957)

    Skull

    Price realised

    USD 4,750

    Estimate

    USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

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    Pavel Tchelitchew (RUSSIAN, 1898-1957)
    Skull
    signed and dated 'P. Tchelitchew 44' (lower right)
    ink and wash on paper
    10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
    Executed in 1944.

    Provenance

    with Robert Isaacson Gallery, New York.

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    Lot Essay

    We are grateful to Mr. Erik La Prade for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
    The present work is from a series of anatomical studies, Interior Landscapes, begun shortly after Tchelitchew's 1942 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art. Tchelitchew portrayed various parts of the human anatomy such as the head, the ear, and the skull in Translucent Renderings. The present work is an excellent example of the head rendered as an individual universe, undefiled by physical decay.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GERTRUDE STEIN

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