Lot 82
  • 82

Alexandre Iacovleff

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexandre Iacovleff
  • Abura, Chief of the Ababua tribe in Bambili, 1925
  • signed A. Iacovleff, inscribed Aboura Chef de D-- Ababoua Bambili and dated 1925 (lower right)
  • charcoal with sanguine and yellow crayon on paper
  • 10 1/4 by 14 in.
  • 26 by 35.5 cm

Literature

Alexandre Iacovleff, Dessins et Peintures d'Afrique, Paris, 1927, pl. 30, illustrated
Caroline Haardt de la Baume, Alexandre Iacovleff: l'Artiste Voyageur, Paris: Flammarion, 2000, p. 28, illustrated
Albert Lemmens and Serge-Aljosja Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, 2005, p. 117, illustrated

Condition

Charcoal with red and yellow crayon on paper. The sheet is very slightly dirty and a little yellowed, and it is slightly discolored along the top edge. There is minor smuding and there is minor foxing present. Held in a modern wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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