Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

Sandra Yakovlev, the artist's sister, Paris
Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Exposition de Peintures et Dessins de l'expédition Citroën Centre-Asie, 16 May - 4 June 1933
Washington DC, National Geographic Society, Paintings and Drawings of Asiatic Lands and Peoples by Alexander Iacovleff, 19 March - 2 April 1935
Paris, Galerie Vendôme, Alexandre Iacovleff, 23 November - 18 December 1965

Exhibition catalogue Exposition de Peintures et Dessins de l'expédition Citroën Centre-Asie, Paris, Galerie Charpentier,16 May - 4 June 1933, no.67
Exhibition catalogue Paintings and Drawings of Asiatic Lands and Peoples by Alexander Iacovleff, Washington DC, National Geographic Society,19 March - 2 April 1935, no.14
Exhibition catalogue Alexandre Iacovleff, Paris, Galerie Vendôme, 23 November - 18 December 1965, no.53

The canvasboard is slightly warped. The paint surface is a little dirty. Held in a modern wooden frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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To be included in the forthcoming Alexander Yakovlev Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Caroline Haardt de La Baume