Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

Paysage chimérique

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November 25, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Foundation

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev

1887 - 1938

Paysage chimérique

stamped with the artist's Chinese seal (lower right); bearing a Vose Galleries label (on the backing paper, inscribed 11505 / Alexandre Iacovleff / Paysage chimérique)

gouache on paper

53.5 by 74.5 cm, 21⅛ by 29¼ in.

Framed: 66 by 86.5 cm, 26 by 24⅛ in.

This work will be included in the forthcoming Alexander Yakovlev catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Caroline Haardt de la Baume.

The artist's estate

Vose Galleries, Boston

Acquired from the above by Charles W. Ireland in 1947

New York, The Grand Central Art Galleries, Memorial Exhibition of the work of Alexandre Iacovleff, 11 - 29 April 1939, no. 126, p. 22, illustrated

Boston, R.C. Vose Galleries, Paintings and Drawings by the late A. Iacovleff , 5 - 24 January 1948 (inventory number 11505)

New York, A la Vieille Russie, Alexandre Iacovleff, Paintings and Drawings, 4 May - 4 June 1993 no. 68, p. 43, illustrated b/w (titled Paysage Fantastique and erroneously catalogued as oil on canvas)

In the late 1920s, Alexander Yakovlev kept a studio in Capri. Here, he worked on mythological scenes inspired by antiquity. It was in this studio, situated on an outcrop above the Tyrrhenian Sea, that Yakovlev created compositions of great poetry, inspired by the world of Olympian Gods and Heroes.

We are grateful to Caroline Haardt de La Baume for providing this note.