Live Auction 1161Important Russian Art
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Lot 94

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)

The composer Igor Markevich (1912-1983) and his mother

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 25,000

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Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
The composer Igor Markevich (1912-1983) and his mother
with two Tchelitchew foundation stamps (on the reverse)
watercolour and gouache on paper
25.1/8 x 19½ in. (63.7 x 49.5 cm.)
Executed in 1932; there is a study on the reverse

Galerie Lucie Weill, Paris (label attached to the backboard).
Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner in the 1960s.

Specialist note

The present work is a study for a larger oil by the same title formerly held in the collection of Edward James.