Lot 87
  • 87

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev, 1887-1938

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev
  • General Dzu, former govenor of the Hani people
  • signed in Latin and dated 18. Nov 1931 l.r, inscribed in Chinese and stamped with the artist's Chinese stamp t.l.
  • pastel on paper
  • image size: 75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21¾in.

Literature

G.Lefèvre, La Croisière Jaune: troisième mission Haardt-Audouin, Plon: Paris, 1933, illustrated opposite p.215

Condition

The sheet appears sound. The paper is slightly wavy, otherwise in good overall condition. Held in wood frame and behind glass, unexamined out of frame.
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