Live Auction 2603The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration
Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Lot 79

Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)

Portrait of a man in Astor

Closed6 December 2012

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USD 18,750

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Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Portrait of a man in Astor
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sebil of Naga/A. Iacovleff/Astor/14 July 1931' (center right)
pastel, charcoal and sanguine on paper
29¾ x 21 7/8 in. (75.6 x 55.3 cm.)

Dr. John Oliver La Gorce (President and Editor, National Geographic Society 1954-1957).
Gifted to the National Geographic Society by Dr. La Gorce's widow, Ethel Bloedorn, 1961.