Lot 178
  • 178

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev, 1887-1938

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev
  • portrait of an elegant lady in a black shirt
  • stamped with artist's Chinese stamp l.r.

  • sanguine and charcoal on paper

  • image size: 59.5 by 35.5cm., 23½ by 14in.

Provenance

Sandra Yakovlev, the artist's sister
Acquired from the above by the present owners

Literature

For a full-length portrait of the same sitter, please see A.Audoin-Dubreil et al., A.Iacovleff: itinérances, Paris: Somogy éditions d'art, 2004, p.94, pl.49

Condition

THe sheet appears sound but there are light handling marks and some smudging in places. Held in a simple balc painted wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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