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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Lot 6

Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)

Headpiece for the publication marking the centenary of the Bolshoi Theatre; and Two profiles of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)

Closed3 June 2019

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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Headpiece for the publication marking the centenary of the Bolshoi Theatre; and Two profiles of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
one signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Sergei/1924. Chekhonin' (lower left and right)
one pencil and ink on paper laid on board; one ink on paper; one pencil on paper; one framed
8 ¼ x 5 5/8 in. (21 x 14.1 cm.); and smaller
(10)together with seven coloured lithographs of a postage stamp by Chekhonin

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

Specialist note

For a comparable profile of Lenin see A. Efros & N. Punin, Mnogolikii [The multifaceted] Chekhonin, Moscow, 2003, illustrated p. 113 and V. Kruglov, Klassitsizm v Rossii [Classicism in Russia], Italy, 2008, no. 243, p. 182.