Lot 239
  • 239

Pavel Tchelitchew

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Pavel Tchelitchew
  • Portrait of Igor Markevitch
  • signed and dated l.r.: P. Tchelitchew/ 1930.
  • pen and Indian ink
  • 44 by 27cm.; 17½in by 10¾in

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
Richard Nathanson, London, February, 1990

Condition

The sheet has been laid down and is undulating slightly. The left edge is uneven. There is a small repaired tear in the left of the bottom edge. There is a light layer of surface dirt. The sheet has discoloured, less so at the edges where it has been adhered to the mount. Mounted and held in a simple frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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