Lot 65
  • 65

PAVEL TCHELITCHEW | Study for Bathers

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pavel Tchelitchew
  • Study for Bathers
  • ink on paper
  • 44.5 by 28cm., 17 1/2 by 11in.
  • Executed in 1938.

Provenance

Sotheby's Arcade, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 7 February 1996, lot 64
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

There is an L-shaped tear to the left of the lower edge. The sheet has discoloured, there is a 6cm horizontal crease running from the upper right edge, creases and handling marks in places throughout. There is a line of staining running diagonally across the upper edge. Held in a simple silver-painted wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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