Headpiece for the publication marking the centenary of the Bolshoi Theatre; and Two profiles of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)

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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Headpiece for the publication marking the centenary of the Bolshoi Theatre; and Two profiles of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
one signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Sergei/1924. Chekhonin' (lower left and right)
one pencil and ink on paper laid on board; one ink on paper; one pencil on paper; one framed
8 ¼ x 5 5/8 in. (21 x 14.1 cm.); and smaller
(10)together with seven coloured lithographs of a postage stamp by Chekhonin

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

Headpiece for the publication marking the centenary of the Bolshoi Theatre
A. Lunacharsky et al., Moskovskii Bolshoi Teatr [Moscow Bolshoi Theatre], Moscow, 1925, illustrated p. 13.

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Lot Essay

For a comparable profile of Lenin see A. Efros & N. Punin, Mnogolikii [The multifaceted] Chekhonin, Moscow, 2003, illustrated p. 113 and V. Kruglov, Klassitsizm v Rossii [Classicism in Russia], Italy, 2008, no. 243, p. 182.

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