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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Lot 20

Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)

Design for the cover for the journal 'Thirty Days': issue No. 1, 1927

Closed3 June 2019

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Sergei Chekhonin (1878-1936)
Design for the cover for the journal 'Thirty Days': issue No. 1, 1927
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Sergei Chekhonin/1927' (lower left); numbered 'N5' and with indistinct inscription in Russian 'To be sent immediately to/S. V. Chekhonin/…' (on the reverse)
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
11 7/8 x 8 ½ in. (30.3 x 21.5 cm.)

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

The Soviet literary journal 'Thirty Days' was published monthly between 1925 and 1941 in Moscow, and showcased works by many notable writers and poets, including Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) and Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), among others.