Lot 137
  • 137

Alexander Evgenievich Iacovleff

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Evgenievich Iacovleff
  • Nomads in the Region of Meshed
  • Signed A. Iacovleff and dated 1932/1933 (lower left); inscribed Mc Cornette expo salle 6 (across frame on the reverse); labeled 8.171 Nomads dans la region de Meched and labeled in Cyrillic (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 39 5/8 by 99 in.
  • 100.6 by 251.5 cm.
  • Painted in 1932-33.

Provenance

Mrs. Sandra Yakovlev (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired as a gift from the above)

Literature

Alexandre Iacovleff, Dessins et Peintures d'Asie, Paris, 1934, plate 9, illustrated
Caroline Haardt de la Baume, Alexandre Iacovleff: L'Artiste Voyageur, Paris, 2000, p. 148, illustrated

Condition

The canvas is unlined and somewhat slack in the stretcher with some minor pulling and bumping at the corners. There is a fine web of craquelure across the entire canvas. Under UV light: there are small scattered areas of inpainting across the entire canvas including the sheep at center and near the extreme lower edge at center, approximately 15 inches from the left edge, and approximately 30 inches from the right edge with an associated 1/2 inch loss. There are also inpaints scattered throughout the sky, especially near to the tops of the tents and horizon line.
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