Live Auction 1161Important Russian Art
Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Lot 71

Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)

Six illustrations for the children's book 'Skok-Poskok'

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 8,750

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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Six illustrations for the children's book 'Skok-Poskok'
one signed in Cyrillic and dated 'S. Chekhonin 1923' (lower right); three signed with Cyrillic initials and dated 'S. Ch. 1923' (lower right)
pencil and ink on paper, framed as one
7¾ x 11 in. (19.7 x 28 cm.); and smaller
Together with a copy of the book 'Skok-Poskok'

Acquired from Pierre Ino (1909-1989), stepson of the artist, by Alexandre Djanchieff in Paris in the early 1980s.
By descent to the present owner.