Lot 208
  • 208

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev, 1887-1938

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev
  • Street in Japan
  • signed in Latin l.r., dated 1919 and further inscribed Idsu No Oshima, Habumintamura; stamped l.l. with artist's Chinese stamp
  • charcoal and sanguine on paper laid on board
  • 61 by 48cm., 24 by 19in.

Provenance

Professor N.L. Okunev, Prague
Thence by decent

Exhibited

Prague, National Gallery, Russian Graphic Arts from the early 20th Century, 17 September - 3 October 1971, No.19

Literature

Les Dessins & Peintures d'Extreme-Orient d'Alexandre Iacovleff, Paris, Editions Lucien Vogel, 1922, ill. plate 48

Condition

The sheet has been laid on board. it is discoloured with pinholes to the edges and spots of staining. The pigments are smudged and there are handling creases to the edges. Held in a simple wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Caroline Haardt de la Baume for providing additional cataloguing for this lot.