Live Auction 7601Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Lot 339

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)

Figures climbing a tree (Study for Hide and Seek)

Closed25 June 2008

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GBP 17,500

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Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Figures climbing a tree (Study for Hide and Seek)
signed and dated 'P.Tchelitchew 1939' (lower left)
watercolour, gouache, gum Arabic and pen and brown ink on paper
19 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (49.7 x 32 cm.)
Executed in 1939

Lita Hornick; her estate sale, Christie's, Los Angeles, 7 June 2000, lot 7.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This drawing is related to Tchelitchew's painting Hide-and-Seek of circa 1940-1942, in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

(fig. 1) Pavel Tchelitchew, Hide-and-Seek 1940-1942. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York; © 2008, DIGITAL IMAGE, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Scala, Florence.