Lot 241
  • 241

Pavel Tchelitchew

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Pavel Tchelitchew
  • Portrait of Joseph Lubitsch
  • signed on the reverse
  • brush and Indian ink
  • 44 by 29cm.; 17 1/4 in by 11½in
  • Executed circa 1922-1923

Provenance

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

Condition

The sheet has been laid down, the left edge is uneven. There is a repaired tear of approximately 4cm above the middle of the left edge, above this is an area of creasing. There is some further creasing, a couple of pin holes and a very minor repaired tear in the lower right corner. In the upper right corner is a small repaired area of paper loss. The sheet has discoloured in line with age. Mounted and held in a simple frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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