Live Auction 14238Important Russian Art
Vasilii Shukhaev (1887-1973)
Lot 56 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION

Vasilii Shukhaev (1887-1973)

Portrait of Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)

Closed27 November 2017

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GBP 27,500

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Vasilii Shukhaev (1887-1973)
Portrait of Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
signed, inscribed and dated 'V. Choukhaeff/Paris 1921.' (lower right).
sanguine, pencil and ink on paper-fronted board
15 7/8 x 10½ in.(40.3 x 26.7 cm.)

A gift from the artist to Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938) in Paris, circa 1921.
Tatiana Yacovleva du Plessix Liberman (1906-1991).
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

For a similar portrait, also dated 1921, see Christie's London, Russian Art, 5 June 2017, lot 15.
We are grateful to Elena Yakovleva, Doctor of Art History, Senior Researcher of the Russian Institute of Art History, St Petersburg for her assistance in cataloguing this work.