Lot 61
  • 61

Pavel Tchelitchew

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Pavel Tchelitchew
  • ITINERARY OF LIGHT
  • signé P. Tchelitchew et daté 55 (en bas à droite)
  • huile sur toile

  • 43 x 48 cm
  • 17 x 19 in.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, One Hundred and Fifty-First Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, janvier-février 1956, no. 69
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, mars-avril 1964, no. 323
Washington D.C., Smithsonian: Museum of Natural History, The Art of Organic Forms, 1968
Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, septembre-octobre 1983
New York, Midtown Payson Gallery, Pavel Tchelitchew: A Reevaluation, septembre-novembre, 1994
Katonah, Katonah Museum of Art, Pavel Tchelitchew: The Landscape of the Body, juin-septembre 1998

Literature

Philip G. Ritterbush, The Art of Organic Forms, Washington D.C., pl. 14, reproduit

Condition

Oil on canvas. The surface is dirty. There is very minor paint loss around the edges. The canvas is slightly buckled in the upper right corner. Under UV no pigments appear to flouresce. Held in a wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

signed P. Tchelitchew and dated 55 (lower right), oil on canvas. Painted in 1955.