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Pavel Tchelitchew
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Pavel Tchelitchew
- Portrait of Rosita, Aged 5
- Signed P. Tchelitchew and dated 1948 (lower right)
- Pencil on paper
- 14 by 10 in.
- 35.5 by 25.5 cm.
- Executed in 1948.
Condition
Graphite on paper. The paper is slightly discolored in line with age. There are pinholes in each of the four corners and along the edges. There are horizontal and vertical lines of discoloration long the four edges from the frame. There is a minor stain along the lower center edge and in the upper left corner. The work appears to have been stabilized in the upper right and upper left corner (viewable from the verso). Held in a painted wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Property from a New York Collection (lots 107-110)
The O'Brien family met Pavel Tchelitchew through Alice De Lamar, a friend and socially prominent patron of the arts who had offered the artist a studio on the grounds of her home in Weston. The O'Brien family had a home nearby. Over the course of 20 years, Tchelitchew painted three generations of the O'Brien family including Peggy O'Brien, her daughter Esmé and her grand-daughter Esmé Rosita. Tchelitchew gifted or sold many works to the family, including the portraits and exquisite still life offered here.