Lot 344
  • 344

Nicolas Kalmakoff

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Nicolas Kalmakoff
  • L'Ange Rebelle
  • signed with artist's monogram and dated 1924 (lower left); variously numbered and labeled for exhibition (on the reverse)
  • oil on board
  • 21 by 14 in.
  • 53.5 by 35.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie Motte, Paris
Kenith Anger Collection
Private Collection
Sale: Christie's New York, April 18, 2007, lot 65, illustrated
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Motte, Nicolas Kalmakoff 1873-1955, February-March 1964

Literature

Galerie Motte, Nicolas Kalmakoff 1873-1955, Paris, 1964, p. 12, no. 46
John E. Bowlt and Yulia Balybina, Nicolas Kalmakoff et le labyrinthe de décadence 1873-1955, Moscow, 2008, p. 269, illustrated

Condition

Oil on board. The surface is a bit dirty and covered with a layer of varnish. There are some very minor cracks to the board. Otherwise in fine condition. Held in a black and green painted art-deco wood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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